It is 1905 and life here is as precarious as a fiddler on the roof yet through their traditions the villagers endure.
Storyline for fiddler on the roof.
The plot of fiddler on the roof is set in the small jewish village of anatevka russia in 1905 and is concerned primarily with the efforts of tevye a dairyman and his wife golde and their five daughters to cope with their harsh existence under tsarist rule.
Fiddler on the roof story guide.
Directed by norman jewison.
Fiddler on the roof a musical with a score by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and a libretto by joseph stein first opened on broadway in 1964 the play is based on an amalgam of stories written by solomon naumovichrabinovich under the pen name sholem aleichem which is hebrew for peace be unto you.
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 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.
His sharp tongued wife golde norma crane orders their five daughters 19 year old tzeitel.
In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.
With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon.