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October 27, 2015

Is “Death of a Salesman” Better in Yiddish?

"The stark ring of a death sentence."

In 1951, Joseph Buloff—one of the Yiddish theater’s leading actors—starred in a Yiddish version of Arthur Miller’s classic play, which he himself had translated. This version has recently returned to the stage, courtesy of the New Yiddish Rep. Terry Teachout writes:

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October 27, 2015

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