An anthology of five Yiddish plays in translation-all written by well-known playwrights in the first quarter of the twentieth century-God, Man, and Devil also includes two independent scenes, which in Nahma Sandrow's words, "e;show off the raucous characteristic of Yiddish theater, especially in popular performance."e;The settings of the plays range widely-a luxurious parlor, a haunted graveyard, a farmyard, a sweatshop on strike, a subway, and the boardwalk of Atlantic City. They are both comic and mournful, and reflect expressionism, satire, fantasy, farce, suspense, and romance. But all consider the same question: what makes life morally good and worth living?Before the modern Yiddish secular culture evolved as we know it today, Yiddish plays were being written for about a century. As Yiddish-speaking communities flourished, so did their love for theater. "e;Yiddish playwrights shared their experiences and made them art."e; Edited to make them more accessible for both reading and performance,each play is accompanied by an introduction, which provides historical context, production histories, and elucidation of references.