Shylock and His Daughter

Maurice Schwartz

1947

Shylock:

You speak of revenge, you who cage us within ghettos, you who cast us alive into flames, only because we are Jews. [Pause.] Are not Jews and Christians alike fashioned in the image of God? Does not Mother Earth offer nourishment to Jews and Christians alike? Have we not the right to breathe the breath of life as you do? Do not the healing…

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Maurice Schwartz

1889–1960

Actor, producer, and screenwriter Maurice Schwartz was born in Sudlekov, Galicia, and came to the United States in 1901. Fascinated by acting, he toured the United States and in 1918 founded the Yiddish Art Theatre in New York City, along with a school for acting. The Yiddish Art Theatre, for which he served as producer and director, existed for forty years and produced more than 150 plays, including classics from other languages. Schwartz also directed and starred in two Yiddish films, Uncle Moses (1932) and Tevye (1939).

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