The Melting Pot (play)
1908 play by Israel Zangwill / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Melting Pot is a play by Israel Zangwill, first staged in 1908. It depicts the life of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, the Quixanos, in the United States. David Quixano has survived a pogrom, which killed his mother and sister, and he wishes to forget this horrible event. He composes an "American Symphony" and wants to look forward to a society free of ethnic divisions and hatred, rather than backward at his traumatic past.
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The Melting Pot | |
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Written by | Israel Zangwill |
Characters | David Quixano |
Date premiered | 1908 |
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