Description
"Sheva, the Benevolent" is a faithful adaptation of Richard Cumberland's 1794 comedy, "The Jew: or, Benevolent Hebrew," featuring Sheva, the first Jewish moneylender to be portrayed as the hero of a stage comedy. The paperback edition includes an introduction by 18th Century theater scholar Jean Marsden and a facsimile of the original play as published in 1823. (The Kindle edition does not include the facsimile.)
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
152 pages
Language
English
Published
Jul 27, 2012
Publisher
Moreclacke Publishing
ISBN-10
0615663168
ISBN-13
9780615663166