Glasgow’s Jewish institute players and their narratives of Scottish-Jewish identity

Paul Maloney; Adrienne Scullion

doi:10.1080/1462169X.2018.1543122

Glasgow’s Jewish institute players and their narratives of Scottish-Jewish identity

Paul Maloney^*, Adrienne Scullion

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Abstract

The Glasgow Jewish Institute Players was an innovative community theatre group whose work explored the many facets of Jewish identity in inter- and post-war Britain. This essay provides an overview of the company’s production history and repertoire, including plays by its inspirational founder, the playwright and director Avrom Greenbaum (1903–1963). It argues that the group’s output reflected the identities and self-image of a Glasgow Jewish community that was seeking to consolidate and rationalise its place in Scottish and British society in the inter- and post-war periods.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	80-98
Number of pages	19
Journal	Jewish Culture and History
Volume	20
Issue number	1
Early online date	18 Nov 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1462169X.2018.1543122
Publication status	Published - 02 Jan 2019

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Funding Information:
Research towards this essay was supported by a grant from the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow.

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© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

Avrom Greenbaum
Jewish diaspora
Jewish theatre
Non-professional theatre
Scottish theatre

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Cultural Studies
History
Sociology and Political Science

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