Lives in the Yiddish Theatre
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE Yiddish THEATRE
aS DESCRIBED IN zALMEN zYLBERCWEIG'S "lEKSIKON FUN YIDISHN TEATER"

1931-1969
 

Leybl Troyanovski


T. was born in Warsaw, Poland, where he participated in the local dramatic circle.

In the late twenties he came to Paris, where he joined the dramatic circle with the local "Kultur-LIge (Culture League)", later performing in the Piat Theatre. Here he participated in various plays, e.g. in Bergelson's "Der toyber", Leivick's "Di oreme melukhah", Sholem Aleichem's "Di goldgreber" and "Luft-prnsut", "Boytre" from Moshe Kulbak, et al.

In 1942 he was arrested by the Germans. When he was led into a full train with Jews to a concentration camp, he wanted to save from the cruel hands and appeared bound by a train window of [loyfndn] and became [derhrget], such that [men veys afiln nit vav zeyn gebeyn iz ahingekumen].


Sh. E. from Leybush Lenski.


 

 

 

 


 

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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 5, page 4280.
 

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