''A Shayna Maidel'' is a

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by Barbara Lebow about the reunion of two sisters after World War II, one having survived the

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s. It was adapted into the award-winning

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Miss Rose White ''Miss Rose White'' is a television film adaptation by Anna Sandor of the 1985 Barbara Lebow play, ''A Shayna Maidel'', starring Kyra Sedgwick. It first aired on April 26, 1992. The production received five Emmy Awards, including Outstanding T ...

'' by

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. ''A Shayna Maidel'' was on stage at the

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in 2017.

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