Skiddler On The Roof

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.

Skiddler on the roof.

Fiddler on the roof critics consensus. Director norman jewison s treatment of this story is wonderfully sensitive. 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. If i were a rich man.

Fiddler on the roof is at its heart a very humorous and poignant examination of that age old rite of passage from generation to generation played out in the dusty russian hamlet of anatevka in 1905. Fiddler on the roof is at its heart a very humorous and poignant examination of that age old rite of passage from generation to generation played out in the dusty russian hamlet of anatevka in 1905. A bird may love a fish and musical fans will love this adaptation of fiddler on the roof even if it isn t quite as transcendent as the long running stage. Director norman jewison s treatment of this story is wonderfully sensitive.

Tevye our protagonist is a man wedded to the centuries old. In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village. Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Directed by norman jewison.