{"product_id":"ben-hechts-theatre-of-jewish-protest-9781978835948","title":"Ben Hecht's Theatre of Jewish Protest","description":"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: \u003ci\u003eWe Will Never Die\u003c\/i\u003e (1943), \u003ci\u003eA Jewish Fairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), \u003ci\u003eA Flag Is Born\u003c\/i\u003e (1946), and \u003ci\u003eThe Terrorist\u003c\/i\u003e (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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 Hecht's use of the stage to aggressively engage with history as it was happening, his story is a compelling case of an artist who made a difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGARRETT EISLER \u003c\/b\u003ehas taught in theatre programs at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, the New School's Eugene Lang College, Brooklyn College, and Boston University. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eTwentieth-Century American Dramatists: Fifth Series.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184801382674,"sku":"9781978835948","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dfcd7b02-d5fc-4177-9a01-2e32579321b7.jpg?v=1744575690","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ben-hechts-theatre-of-jewish-protest-9781978835948","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}