It started with a picture. A play about a play. A 12-member cast, whose ashes could not be swept away.
In 1906, Asch, a Polish-born American Jewish novelist and dramatist wrote this controversial play in the Yiddish language. The play was staged for years in Yiddish and German throughout Europe. In Poland, Asch tapped into that country’s vibrant literary scene, but nearly 20 years later in America, his play shocked Broadway and landed both the show’s producer and its leading man in jail. [As published in West Palm Beach Magazine] Read more