Fiddler on the Roof, Sholem Aleichem and the Tevye Stories
Fiddler on the Roof, Sholem Aleichem and the Tevye Stories
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Prompt: Read the Tevye stories by Sholem Aleichem that were the main source for the musical. If you read them, and also made use of the book “To Broadway . . . to Life!” and watched the film, I think that would make for a good term paper. Instructions from prof. : I’d read “Modern Children” first, then “Hodel,” then “Chava.” Other stories may have been used but those are the main ones. I’m also giving you the partial scan I have of the useful book on Fiddler, and an article about it — and I’ll attach one more story, not a Tevye story (it needs to be rotated), that gives a sense of how Sholem Aleichem wrote about people dreaming of having some money — the kind of thing drawn on for “If I Were a Rich Man.” What I would like you to do: Please read the first 15 or so pages of “To Broadway, to Life!”. Then write 6 pages connecting the musical Fiddler on the Roof to the Tevye stories. The aforementioned article should provide enough of an outline for the paper. Please cite this paper and 2 additional sources. I am attaching the Tevye stories, which you should feel free to use for citations (though you may find citations online if you find that easier).