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Seattle Rep's INDECENT: Beyond the Theatre

Seattle Rep presents INDECENT by Paula Vogel from September 20 to October 26, 2019. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books and films to enhance your experience of the show.

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  • The script of INDECENT, for your reading pleasure.
    Book, 2017New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2017. — 812.54 V8627i 2017
  • Read the play that started it all. Sholem Asch’s 1906 drama about an Orthodox Jewish rabbi whose daughter falls in love with a prostitute in the brothel he owns caused a major scandal when it opened on Broadway in 1923.
    Book, 2019New York : Broadway Play Publishing Inc, 2019. — 839.12 As23G 2019
  • Inseparable

    Desire Between Women in Literature

    Donoghue, Emma, 1969-
    God of Vengeance is notable for its early sympathetic depiction of a romance between two women. Learn more about the evolving portrayals of same-sex female desire in Donoghue’s provocative survey of Western literature.
    Book, 2010New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. — 809.93352 D7192i 2010
  • In this powerful coming-of-age story set in 1960s Montreal, a Jewish girl living under the stifling expectations of her Holocaust-survivor parents realizes she is a lesbian.
    eBook, 2010Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2010] — EBOOK FIC GOLIGER 2010
  • ha-Sodot

    The secrets

    After her mother dies, Naomi, the daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, entreats her father to postpone her expected marriage so she can attend a women’s religious seminary, where she develops a close friendship with Michelle, a headstrong and rebellious…
    DVD, 2008[Thousand Oaks, Calif.] : Monterey Video : Distributed by Monterey Media, 2008. — HEBREW DVD SODOT
  • 2.5 Minute Ride

    And, 101 Humiliating Stories

    Kron, Lisa
    The work of Jewish lesbian playwright Kron explores her personal and family history with candor, humor and insight. Discover her unique voice in this collection of two of her most intimate solo performance works.
    Book, 2001New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2001. — 812.6 K921T 2001
  • Unclean Lips

    Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture

    Lambert, Joshua N.
    INDECENT was originally inspired by 1923 obscenity trial of God of Vengeance in New York. Professor Lambert locates this controversy within a broader analysis of Jews and the history of obscenity in America.
    Book, 2014New York : New York University Press, c2014. — 363.47097 L174U 2014
  • Margulies’ adaptation of Asch’s play changes the time and setting of the original, from 1906 Poland to the Lower East Side of New York City in 1923.
    Book, 2003New York : Dramatists Play Service, ©2003. — 812.54 M3372G 2003
  • In the second installment of Raphael’s Palestine Mysteries series, a Palestinian policewoman and a Jewish American lesbian feminist team up to solve the murder of a gay Palestinian.
    Book, 2017Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2017. — MYSTERY RAPHAEL 2017
  • Like God of Vengeance, Fingersmith depicts an unlikely romance between two women from utterly different worlds. Street urchin and thief Sue Trinder participates in a con to steal the fortune of Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman that Sue unexpectedly…
    Book, 2002New York : Riverhead Books, 2002. — FIC WATERS 2002
  • Yiddishkeit

    Jewish Vernacular & the New Land

    This comics anthology explores the history of the Yiddish language and its enduring influence through four themes--culture, performance, assimilation, and the revival of the language.
    Graphic Novel, 2011New York : Abrams ComicArts, [2011] — 839.10997 Y52 2011
  • Yiśmaḥ ḥatani

    The women's balcony

    An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
    DVD, 2017[United States] : Menemsha Films, [2017] — HEBREW DVD YISMAH
  • A powerful drama from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, INDECENT charts the true story of a controversial 1906 play, Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance. Following its recent success on Broadway, this critically acclaimed Tony Award-winning…
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