Project Gutenberg 2011-06-02 Public domain in the USA. 63 Heijermans, Herman 1864 1924 Heyermans, Herman Falkland, Samuel Sperber, Heinz Jelakowitch, Ivan Fernald, Chester Bailey 1869 1938 Fernald, C. B. (Chester Bailey) Fernald, Chester B. (Chester Bailey) The Ghetto: A Drama in Four Acts E-text prepared by Frank van Drogen, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) "The Ghetto: A Drama in Four Acts" by Herman Heijermans is a dramatic play written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in the Ghetto of Amsterdam and primarily revolves around the conflicts faced by Rafael, a young musician, and his father, Sachel, a blind tradesman. The narrative explores themes of love, identity, cultural tension, and the struggle between personal aspiration and familial duty, particularly as Rafael navigates his relationships with Rosa, a Christian servant, and Rebecca, the daughter of a Jewish businessman. The opening of the play introduces the setting through a lively street scene in the Ghetto, where Sachel's shop stands as a focal point amid vibrant interactions among the characters. We meet Rafael, who is torn between his passion for music and the expectations of his father, who dreams of a more conventional life for his son. The dialogue reveals tensions surrounding Rafael's relationship with Rosa, whom he loves in a context that complicates his identity as a Jew, and hints at conflicts with his father regarding marriage prospects and financial viability. As this world of characters and their interrelations unfolds, it sets the stage for deeper explorations of societal constraints and personal choices against a backdrop of rich cultural heritage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Jews -- Drama Religious drama Dutch drama -- Translations into English PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 204814 204565 2024-09-15T10:58:34.104445 2023-09-16T04:46:54.207918 text/html text/html 210214 2011-06-02T11:43:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 58573 2011-06-02T11:45:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 109228 2024-09-15T10:58:40.414373 application/epub+zip 110858 2024-09-15T10:58:35.642398 application/epub+zip 110858 2024-09-15T10:58:34.727397 application/epub+zip 252065 2024-09-15T10:58:43.180361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229452 2024-09-15T10:58:39.752396 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188138 2022-09-16T14:42:29.984115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142213 142006 2024-09-15T10:58:32.825429 2023-09-16T04:46:53.006903 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 141827 2011-06-02T11:29:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 51555 2011-06-02T11:29:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 141835 2011-06-02T11:29:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51558 2011-06-02T11:29:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21555 2024-09-15T10:58:43.327350 application/rdf+xml 13781 2024-09-15T10:58:35.098414 image/jpeg 3422 2024-09-15T10:58:34.910393 image/jpeg 108661 2024-09-15T10:58:34.119414 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia nl.wikipedia