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A young woman is married to a butcher who has a mistress and three adult children from an earlier marriage. His oppressive treatment drives her mad, and she kills him with a ritual slaughter knife; the play protests arranged marriage.
Hershele Dubrovner, a poor and pious scribe, is tempted by the Devil, disguised as benefactor Uriel Mazik, to exchange his modest life for wealth and a talis factory, at the cost of his soul and marriage.
Mirele, a capable but autocratic widow, has rescued her late husband’s business. When her daughter-in-law insists that Mirele’s son inherit the business and home, Mirele is cut off from the family. Ten years later she resists reconciliation until her grandson approaches her on his bar mitzvah day.
Solomon Kaus, a Jewish inventor in seventeenth-century Paris, succeeds in building a water-powered machine but becomes the target of intrigues. He is driven insane and dies after his invention brings him before Cardinal Richelieu and into imprisonment.
Ben Zion, an idealistic inventor and reformer, is rejected by Lisa and antagonizes his family and townspeople by challenging abuses. When a fanatic destroys his perpetual-motion machine and his brother turns against him, he shoots himself; Lisa says fear of truth killed him.
In Vilna in 1890, wealthy merchant David Moishele divides his business among his daughters and treats himself as a monarch. One daughter warns him with the story of King Lear, but he follows a path toward ruin and madness before reconciling with his children.
A young woman is married to a butcher who has a mistress and three adult children from an earlier marriage. His oppressive treatment drives her mad, and she kills him with a ritual slaughter knife; the play protests arranged marriage.
Hershele Dubrovner, a poor and pious scribe, is tempted by the Devil, disguised as benefactor Uriel Mazik, to exchange his modest life for wealth and a talis factory, at the cost of his soul and marriage.
Mirele, a capable but autocratic widow, has rescued her late husband’s business. When her daughter-in-law insists that Mirele’s son inherit the business and home, Mirele is cut off from the family. Ten years later she resists reconciliation until her grandson approaches her on his bar mitzvah day.
Solomon Kaus, a Jewish inventor in seventeenth-century Paris, succeeds in building a water-powered machine but becomes the target of intrigues. He is driven insane and dies after his invention brings him before Cardinal Richelieu and into imprisonment.
Ben Zion, an idealistic inventor and reformer, is rejected by Lisa and antagonizes his family and townspeople by challenging abuses. When a fanatic destroys his perpetual-motion machine and his brother turns against him, he shoots himself; Lisa says fear of truth killed him.
In Vilna in 1890, wealthy merchant David Moishele divides his business among his daughters and treats himself as a monarch. One daughter warns him with the story of King Lear, but he follows a path toward ruin and madness before reconciling with his children.