Fiddler On The Roof I

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.

Fiddler on the roof i.

And bookwriter joseph stein. Fiddler on the roof is the 1971 film version of the stage musical based on the stories of sholom aleichem tevye the milkman is a jewish peasant in pre revolutionary russia coping with the day to day problems of shtetl life his jewish traditions his family wife and daughters and state sanctioned programs. Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison it is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film. In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.

Directed by norman jewison. Winner of nine tony awards when it debuted in 1964 fiddler on the roof is the brainchild of broadway legends jerome robbins and harold prince. Songwriters jerry bock and sheldon harnick. 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.

Fiddler on the roof this rousing musical based on the stories of shalom aleichem takes place in pre revolutionary russia and centers on the life of tevye topol a milkman who is trying to keep his family s traditions in place while marrying off his three older daughters.