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A life on the stage
a memoir
By Adler, Jacob & Rosenfeld, Lulla
- ISBN
- 978-0-67941-351-6
- Publisher
- New York : Knopf : 1999.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 15, 1999
Adler (1855-1926), probably the greatest and most popular of Yiddish theater actors, is remembered for his Shylock, Yiddish King Lear, and numerous roles in plays by his friend Jacob Gordin. Melodrama and musicals dominated the Yiddish theater; Adler's lifelong quest was to introduce more serious, tragic themes. He began publishing his memoirs in the Yiddish newspaper Die Varheit from 1916 to 1919 and then resumed in 1925...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
