

“Indecent,” written by Paula Vogel, premiered at Yale Repertory Theatre in 2015. The Broadway play was shut down after its actors and producers were arrested, jailed and convicted on obscenity charges.Īccording to the Yale University Library Archives, “God of Vengeance” producer Harry Weinberger and the 12-member cast pleaded not guilty to “participating in an. He was a well-known stage and silent film actor who starred in the original “God of Vengeance,” which was presented in Yiddish in Europe. The play was directed by Rudolph Schildkraut, who also starred in the play. 20, 1922, on Broadway and closed April 14, 1923, after 133 performances. The English version of the play opened Dec. “God of Vengeance” by Sholem Asch, a Polish-Jewish playwright who emigrated to the United States, is the play within the play.

It’s that other play, the play that “Indecent” refers to, from which the title is derived.

17 performance was seen for this theater review. Their story, a story about actors, producer, playwright and a taboo topic of its time, is told on the Main Stage of the Nineteenth Street Theatre where the Civic Theatre of Allentown production continues through Aug. “Indecent” is a play about decent folks born a century before their time.
