THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Performance Marks Yiddish Theater Centennial
An historic event will be
celebrated with the appear-
ance here of the Yiddish
Theater Ensemble 8 p.m.
May 22 and 23 at Oak Park
High School under the aus-
pices of the Labor Zionist
Alliance.
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The event will feature the
presentation of a play,
based on the works of Sho-
lem Aleichem, as a celebra-
tion of the 100th anniver-
sary of the Yiddish theater.
The founder of the Yid-
dish theater was Abraham
Goldfaden. From his crea-
tive efforts in Romania
there emerged one of the
world's most notable theatr-
ical achievements whose
high standards were emu-
lated globally.
Goldfaden conceived the
idea for a Yiddish theater
after he came in contact'
with the Broder Singers in
Romania. The group sang
and acted out Yiddish mel-
odies, among them Gold-
faden's. According to the
Encyclopaedia Judaica:
"He then conceived the
idea that the dramatic ef-
fect of the songs and imper-
sonations could be height-
ened if they would be
combined with prose dia-
logues and woven into an in-
teresting plot. He gathered
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corded his performances in
Jassy, Goldfaden engaged
wandering minstrels and
cantors' assistants as addi-
tional actors, toured other
Romanian cities, including
Bucharest, and then went to
Odessa. By 1880 his troupe
was giving performances
throughout Russia and his
phenomenal success was
encouraging theatrical ven-
tures by other enterprising
actors and librettists.
"The Yiddish theater ex-
panded and flourished until
1883, when the Russian gov-
ernment, fearing this new
mass medium, banned-per-
formances in Yiddish. This
action compelled authors,
actors, and producers to
migrate to other lands. Yid-
dish theaters were estab-
lished in Paris, London, and
New York.
"In 1887 Goldfaden was
invited by some of his ac-
tors who had moved to
New York to join them,
but when he arrived he
encountered severe compe-
tition from producers who
had preceded him and
from scriptwriters who
were even more prolific
than he.
"He found Europe more
congenial and returned to
produce and direct perform-
ances of his plays in Lon-
don, Paris, and Lemberg.
He returned to the United
States in 1903 and spent his
last five years in New
York."
SHOLEM ALEICHEM
a few singers and rehearsed
with them scenarios corn-
posed by himself.
"The first performances
in October 1876 initiated the
professional Yiddish thea-
ter. Encouraged by the en-
thusiastic reception ac-
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Tickets for the Yiddish
Theater Ensemble perform-
ances are available at Dex-
ter-Davison Market, Boren-
stein's Book Store, or by
calling the LZA office,
851-1606.
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