Why Is There No Fiddler On The Roof 2

From 1880 to 1920 when there was a political social crisis the russian government would incite the population against the jews trying to divert its attention from the real problems.

Why is there no fiddler on the roof 2.

Directed by norman jewison. Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905. It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and. In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.

The events related in the fiddler on the roof take place in anatevka a fictional town inside the pale during the year of 1905. You may ask why do we stay up there if it s so dangerous. With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon. We stay because anatevka is our home act i page 1.

Fiddler on the roof was based on a series of stories written by the jewish mark twain like samuel clemens sholem rabinovich was better known by his pen name.