Chicken Soup with Barley

Name: Chicken Soup with Barley
Author: Arnold Wesker

by Arnold Wesker

First play of trilogy following Jewish family through post-war political awakening

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Arnold Wesker

British playwright whose kitchen-sink realism brought working-class Jewish life to the London stage. The Wesker Trilogy (Chicken Soup with Barley, Roots, I'm Talking about Jerusalem) is a sustained portrait of postwar socialist idealism and its disappointments. He also founded Centre 42, an arts organization aimed at working-class audiences.

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