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The Woman:I married him and he never gave me any trouble. His mother, she lives with us here. This house is his mother’s house. When we are there, together, in the other room, she lights candles here…
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Yehoshua Sobol
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Haifa, Israel
Date:
1976
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Yetkhen:
And how crude he was with me! He wants to arrange with Papa to marry me! How do you like that? I’d like to meet the man who’ll force me to marry someone! No! No father can do that—I…
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Aaron Halle-Wolfsohn
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Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (Wrocław, Poland)
Date:
1796
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Amon:Proclaim to the citizens of our city that in joy and gladness we propose to marry our daughter Beruriah to the handsome Jedidiah, Sholom’s son. Our most…
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Judah Sommo
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1550
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Nat:Look at you! Look what you’ve become! Queen of the Condominiums, peasant skirts for two hundred dollars, betrayer of your namesake—
Clara:Goddamn name—
Nat:Clara Lemlich, who stood for something—…
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Herb Gardner
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1985
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Hershele:For a long time . . . The first evening that you were with us, on Hanuka . . . you said that . . . that Freydenyu . . . my wife’s niece . . . that . . .
Mischief:What could I have said…
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Jacob Gordin
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1900
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Rebecca:You, Sir, are the cause of his great impudence.
Isaac:Am I really the instrument?
Rebecca:Yes, for you love him for four birds of flight [he hunts for you]. You very much relish the stew he…
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Unknown
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1699
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One year later, a Sunday afternoon. The front room. jacob is giving his son mordecai [uncle morty] a haircut, newspapers spread around the base of the chair. moe is reading a newspaper…
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Clifford Odets
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1935
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[Enter the actor playing Mario Farucci]
Actor:Later. The cellar. After the funeral service for Paolo Farucci. After Don Leonardo has suddenly been taken to hospital. Night. [Exit]
[Dim light…
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Nissim Aloni
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1975
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Biff:People are worse off than Willy Loman. Believe me. I’ve seen them!
Linda:Then make Charley your father, Biff. You can’t do that, can you? I don’t say he’s a great man. Willy Loman never…
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Arthur Miller
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1949
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The exterior of Tevye’s house. A Fiddler is seated on the roof, playing. Tevye is outside the house.Tevye:A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatevka, you…
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Joseph Stein, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock
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1964