Chicken Soup with Barley
by Arnold Wesker
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Many find the play resonates deeply with themes of East End Jewish life and evokes nostalgia. Readers appreciate the mixture of downbeat themes and ironic humor, reflecting on its historical context and personal connections.
Synopsis
Sara and Harry Kahn and their children, a London Jewish family, are enthusiastic socialists in the 1930s.
The play takes them through the war against the Nazis, the promise of the Labor government and the bitterness caused by Soviet repressions.
Harry is paralysed, friends and family drift out of politics.
Only Sara finds faith and energy to retain left-wing beliefs and face her disillusioned son.
Published in Wesker Plays: 1, The Wesker Trilogy .
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Chicken Soup with Barley is a play written by Arnold Wesker and published by Samuel French (2001).
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