LEADER 03007cam a2200445 i 4500001 300916 005 20250805104731.0 008 250704s2025 njua b 001 0 eng 010 2024019635 035 (OCoLC)on1430500610 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dIG# |dNYP |dYDX |dJ9U |dLHM 019 1430497968 020 9781978835948 |qpaperback 020 1978835949 |qpaperback 020 9781978835955 |qhardcover 020 1978835957 |qhardcover 020 |z9781978835962 |qelectronic book 020 |z9781978835979 |qelectronic book 042 pcc 050 00 PS3515.E18 |bZ64 2025 049 LHMA 100 1 Eisler, Garrett, |eauthor. |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjqTXj3KMGmXpH8PCYcfhd 245 10 Ben Hecht's theatre of Jewish protest / |cGarrett Eisler. 264 1 New Brunswick : |bRutgers University Press, |c[2025] 300 vii, 260 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and index. 520 "Ben Hecht is most remembered as a famous Hollywood screenwriter and Broadway playwright, but only recently has his extensive Jewish activism during the Holocaust and its aftermath received scholarly attention. Unlike other, more expansive Hecht biographies, this book focuses in depth on his Jewish political theatre, drawing on extensive archival research of four dramas: We Will Never Die (1943), A Jewish Fairy Tale (1944), A Flag is Born (1946), and The Terrorist (1947). Garrett Eisler's readings of these little-known (and out of print) texts reclaim them as pivotal to the history of Jewish-American drama, being among the first works of U.S. theatre to address the Holocaust. The full texts of all four works are republished here for the first time, along with production details and full performance histories. Hecht also introduced a new heroic Jewish identity to the American stage, one that challenged popular stereotypes of villainy or weakness. This powerful and (still) controversial body of work stands as a striking testament to the power of theatre to rise to the moment. In his use of the stage to aggressively engage with history as it was happening, Hecht's story is a compelling case of an artist who made a difference"-- |cProvided by publisher. 600 10 Hecht, Ben, |d1894-1964 |xCriticism and interpretation. 650 0 Jews in literature. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. 655 7 Literary criticism. |2lcgft 655 7 Drama. |2lcgft 700 12 |i(Container of (work):Hecht, Ben, |d1894-1964. |tWe will never die. 700 12 |i(Container of (work):Hecht, Ben, |d1894-1964. |tJewish fairy tale. 700 12 |i(Container of (work):Hecht, Ben, |d1894-1964. |tFlag is born. 700 12 |i(Container of (work):Hecht, Ben, |d1894-1964. |tTerrorist. 852 0 |bscstacks |hPS3515.E18 |iZ64 2025