Six Plays of the Yiddish Theatre Volume 1 - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...around here? Abram. Well, I tell you. Vera will have nobody for a husband other than a doctor of medicine. Hyman. That may be. But your business is with your books, and don't come mixing in to other affairs. Stick to your books, and the best of health to you! Anna. Interrupting. What do you care if our son has his say? Hyman. I don't like a busy-body. It's none of his affair. Abram. For a while he remains standing, and then assumes an imposing attitude. Shakes his head and speaks to himself. Original: "It's no worry of his grandmother's." Ah! Despotism! Fanaticism! Chassidism, Obscurantism! Exit. Parents drink in each word with pride Sholom. That's a learned fellow for you! That's what you call knowledge!... Now then, just where are we at in regard to the match? I don't remember, with all this display of learning dinning my ears... Oh, yes... Shall I send a telegram or write a post-card to my partner about the match, saying that... Anna. Interrupting. Don't inconvenience yourself. Send no telegrams and write no post-cards. The match is not to our taste. Hyman. No, the match is not to our taste. Sholom. And why not? Anna. Because we want a doctor. Now, do you know? Once and for all time, she must marry a doctor! That's what we want for her. From Chassid: Member of a fanatical Jewish sect. Sholom. A doctor, you say? Well, that's your affair. If you say doctor, let it be a doctor, then. Hyman. To Anna. Doctor, you say? And you won't have any other? Anna. I won't think of any other. Hyman. Well, I'll have you understand that I want a business man. I've told you time and again that I want a business man and not a doctor! A great bargain you buy with these doctor-poctors. They study and study, and what does it all amount to? When trouble comes,...