Melting Pot

Written by Israel Zangwill

Narrated by Multiple - LibriVox Community

Russian-Jew David Quixano has come to America after surviving a pogrom which has killed his family. He has written a symphony which embodies his vision of America as a melting pot, into which people from all the nations of the earth come, and "the great Alchemist melts and fuses them with his purging flame! Here shall they all unite to build the Republic of Man and the Kingdom of God." But old hatreds and old sins die hard.... Note: There are attitudes and terms in the play and the afterword that may be offensive to some listeners.(Summary by TriciaG)

Cast List:
David Quixano: Tomas Peter
Vera Revendal: Lian Pang
Mendel Quixano: Mark Chulsky
Kathleen O'Reilly: Lydia
Herr Pappelmeister: David Olson
Frau Quixano: Availle
Quincy Davenport, Jr.: K. Adrian Stroet
Baron Revendal: John Burlinson
Baroness Revendal: Sonia
Settlement Servant: Charlotte Duckett
Narrator: ToddHW

Edited by TriciaG
Proof-listened by TriciaG and David Lawrence

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Israel Zangwill

Zangwill, the son of Latvian and Polish immigrants, was born in London’s East End and showed literary promise as early as eighteen. A teacher for some years after he graduated from London University, he eventually left the profession to write full-time, publishing hundreds of essays, as well as novels, short stories and plays produced in London and New York. His work concentrated on political, social and Jewish issues but The Big Bow Mystery was his only venture into detective fiction.