The Mother of Yiddish Theatre: Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mikhl Yashinsky (Editor)Series:Yiddish VoicesPublish date:8/21/2025Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350321069ISBN-10:1350321060UPC:9781350321069Book Category:History, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Jewish, Theater, ModernBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCPG26QH6H
The Mother of Yiddish Theatre: Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska
This book presents a contextualised volume of memoirs penned by the pioneering Polish-Yiddish actor Ester-Rokhl Kaminska. Originally appearing in instalments in Yiddish in the Warsaw Jewish daily 'Der Moment', the memoirs are introduced and translated into English here for the first time. They cover Kaminska's life and work, reflecting on her childhood, how she navigated the move from shtetl to...
Series: Yiddish Voices
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350321069ISBN-10:1350321060UPC:9781350321069Book Category:History, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Jewish, Theater, ModernBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCPG26QH6H
Mikhl Yashinsky was born in Detroit and lives in New York, where he works as a playwright, actor, and Yiddish scholar. His performance in the operetta The Sorceress brought a 'keen, if malevolent, psychology' to the title role (New York Times) and his Yiddish drama The Gospel According to Chaim 'jolted the repertoire with a work that is both traditional and delightfully subversive' (Forward). He...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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