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Shakespeare and Ethnic Theater

Shakespeare and Ethnic Theater

Aleandri, Emelise. The Italian-American Immigrant Theatre of New York City. Images of America series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999.

Berkowitz, Joel. Shakespeare on the American Yiddish Stage. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2002.

Estavan, Lawrence, comp. The Italian Theatre in San Francisco. 1931. Revised ed. Ed. Mary A. Burgess. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1991.

Leuchs, Fritz A. H. The Early German Theatre in New York, 1840-72. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928.

Seller, Maxine Schwartz, ed. Ethnic Theatre in the United States. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983.

Photo courtesy of Dr. Emelise Aleandri, Artistic Director, Frizzi & Lazzi, The Olde Time Italian-American Music & Theatre Company