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The first in a playwright series by White Goat Press, Sholem Asch: Underworld Trilogy includes three of Asch' s Yiddish dramas taking place in the world of the criminals and the literal underworld that had successful and influential debuts on the Yiddish stage in 1907, 1917, and 1922.

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A yeshiva student who became a provocative dramatist, bestselling novelist, and embattled prophet, Sholem Asch (1880 1957) was Yiddish literature' s first modern celebrity. One of the best-known Jewish public figures for over half a century, Asch' s writings included bestsellers in English translation, and smash hits on the Yiddish stages of Warsaw and New York. His 1907 play God of Vengeance resulted in a famed obscenity trial in New York and has inspired many adaptations and reworkings, including Paula Vogel' s recent hit Indecent.

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