'THE JEWISH WIFE' IS TAKEN FROM BRECHT'S 'FEAR AND MISERY OF THE THIRD REICH', SET IN GERMANY IN 1935 DURING THE NAZI REGIME'S RISE TO POWER.

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THIS SEMINAL PIECE, IN A CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN TRANSLATION  BY BINYMAIN SHALOM, SHOWS THE AGONIZING CHALLENGES FACED BY ORDINARY CITIZENS TO A FAST-CHANGING, NIGHTMARISH SOCIAL & POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.