In 1903 she was engaged
for the People's Music Hall, where she performed
with the songs "Di dame fun brodvay", "Farsheydene
natsyonen" and "Liebe mayne" and she had such
success,
that in the same season she was engaged in the
People's Theatre, where she acted in small roles.
In 1909 she went over to
the Thalia Theatre, where her husband Boaz (Bernard
-- ed.) Young became a partner with Kessler,
and there performed for the first time in dramatic
repertoire ("Tsipenin" in "God, Man and Devil", "Tsile"
in "Kreutzer Sonata", and "The Sister" in
Sudermann's "Di heymath" -- during Esther Rachel
Kaminska's guest-starring appearance, as well as in
Lateiner's operetta "Dos yidishe harts (The Jewish
Heart)", in which Mogulesko had written the couplet
"In hob es do punkt vi in der heym".
In 1910, the troupe went
over to Brooklyn's Lyric Theatre, where it staged
Boaz Young's adaptation of H. Meyzel's "Bigamist"
under the name "Zayn vaybs man" and in Abraham
Shomer's "Allrightniks", and the troupe soon
required a strong hand. Later she guest-starred for
a short time in the Lodz Grand Theatre (Director --
Zandberg), and then six weeks in the operetta "Zayn
vaybs man" in Warsaw's Elizeum Theatre (Director --
Epelberg and Rappel). After acting for only a week
in London, Y. returned to New York, where she acted
during the 1911-12 theatre in the Second Avenue
Theatre (with Kessler) in the plays "Hershele
shklafn" and "Yede froy" (in the role of "youth")
and she participated in the writer offering of David
Pinski's "Der oytser (The Treasure)" (staged only
for writers and the actors Rudolf Schildkraut,
Solomon Manne and Clara Young).
During the summer of
1912 Y. again guest-starred in Warsaw in Anshel
Schorr's and Rumshinsky's "Doe meydl fun der vest"
under the name "Di amerikanerin", tsiendik
also an audience of assimilated Jews and non-Jews.
After a short stop in America, again traveling to
Warsaw, where Boaz Young took over Kaminski's
theatre and staged there Rakov and Rumshinsky's "Chantshe
in America", Phillips' "Alma vu voynstu?" and for
the first time on the Yiddish stage the German
operetta "Pooptshik". In the entire operettas,
Y. acted in the chief role and evoked great
attention and recognition from the public and the press. In
1914 Y. guest-starred again in London and then
traveled to Russia.
At the beginning of 1915
she directed in the Odessa Bolgarov Theatre
Boaz Young's adaptation of the operetta "Di madam
hoplia". Y. acted in the title role and then
traveled to Rumania, where she went on tour across
the country. She returned to Odessa, and Y performed
here at the end of 1915 in Boaz Young's musical
comedy "Cheikele blofer", in which she was very
popular. Then she guest-starred in Yekaterinoslav,
Moscow and Peterburg and she came back again to
Odessa, where she performed in the beginning of 1917
in Itzhak Katzenelson's musical comedy "Anna Bleyb",
then Y. acted in other Russian cities, and finally
in Kiev in the Solovtsov Theatre.
At the end of 1920 she
returned to America and here on 1 October 1921
performed in the Liberty Theatre for the first time
in America in "Cheikele blofer", then in the
European operetta "Dos holand-vaybkhen" and in
Israel Rosenberg's musical comedy "Berele tremp". On
16 October 1922, she performed in Thomashefsky's "Di
grine kozine" and later acted in Steinberg's "Khayke
in zibetn himl". On 21 January 1923 she performed in
the Prospect Theatre in the title role of
Zolotarevsky's "Yeshiva bukher". In March 1924 she
guest-starred in the Hopkinson and Prospect Theatres
and at the end of the month she traveled to London,
then guest-starring across Poland and then traveled
to the Soviet Union, where she acted for
two-and-a-half years, and in April 1927 she
performed in Moscow's Aquarius Theatre in Boaz
Young's operetta "Sha, der rebbe fart".
In the spring of 1928
she traveled to South America and guest-starred for
a short time in Argentina and Brazil, and she
returned in January 1929 to America, from where she
returned to travel to Europe, and at the end of the
same year she performed in Warsaw's Kaminski's
Theatre in "Sha, der rebe fart" and after acting
there for three months, she guest-starred in March
1930 in Lodz, in April 1930 in Vilna, in May 1930 in
Riga (Latvia), June and July 1930 in Kovno
(Lithuania), in August 1930 across the Latvian
province, September to October 1930 in Paris in the
Yena Theatre, then across the French province,
December 1930 -- in Belgium. In 1931 she acted for a
short time in London and returned to America, where
she guest-starred in Boston, and on 30 November 1931
she performed in a Philadelphia benefit for the
"Theatre Lexicon" as "Kuni Lemel", then she
guest-starred for several weeks in Mexico, and in
September 1932 she traveled in concert guest-roles
in Cuba.
Sh. E.
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B. Gorin --
History of Yiddish Theatre, Vol. II, p. 179.
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Michael Weichert
-- "Teater un drama", Vol. II, pp. 88-95.
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S. Dingol -- New-yorker
idishe "stars" in london, "Forward", N. Y., 6
May 1914.
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M. Spektor -- "Di
yudishe soubrettn", "Unzer leben", Odessa,
January 1915.
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....., Odessa, 19
mapta 1915.
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C. Oscar -- Clara
Young, "Viitorul", Bucharest, 3 August 1915.
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J. Botoshansky --
Clara Young, "Hatikvah", Bucharest, 15 September
1915.
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Karnys -- Ce
Povesteste d-na Clara Young, "Rampa",
Bucharest,
10 October 1915.
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[--] Rasputin and
di idshe akterise fun amerike, "Di varhayt", N.
Y., 31 March 1917.
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M. Osherowitz --
A geshprekh mit klara yong vegen dem idieshen
theater in ukraina, "Forward", N. Y., 28 July
1921.
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I. Slonim
-- Di idishe soubreten vos hot eyngenumen eyropa
tsurik in amerika, "Der tog", N. Y., 29 Jul
1921.
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Matias Royz --
Klara yong in "khakele blafer", "Di tsayt", N.
Y., 7 October 1921.
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M. Osherowitz --
Bronsvil un ihre tsvey theaters, "Forward", N.
Y., 7 October 1921.
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B. Gorin -- Klara
young in liberty theater. "Morning Journal", N.
Y., 10 October 1921.
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William Edlin --
Di elegants fun klara yong in der opereta "kheikele
blofer", "Der tog", N. Y., 18 October 1921.
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Clara Young -- Di idishe shoyshpilerin klara young dertsehlt
interesante zakhen vegen rasputin'en, "Forward",
N. Y., 6 June 1922.
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Ts. H. Rubinstein
-- Madam klara young in ther "griner kuzine",
"Der tog", N. Y., 27 October 1922.
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P. M. -- Klara
yong, "Literarishe
bleter", Warsaw, 25-26, 1924.
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[Clara Young] --
Vi azoy klara youn in gevorn an opeetn akterise,
dort.
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Sarah Reyzen --
Tsu di gastroln fun klara yong, "Tog", Vilna, 5
November, 1924.
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Brodersinger
[Moshe Broderzon] -- Der likhtiker meteor, "N.
Folksblat", Lodz, 23 December 1924.
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Aleksander Yavitz
[Z. Segalovitsh] -- Lkbud a kinstlerin, "Lodz tagenblat",
4 December 1924.
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Clara Young -- Mit
peretz'n, "N. Folksblat", Lodz, 4 April 1925.
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-- 17
...1926.
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... 24 ... 1927.
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Ab. Cahan -- Der
idisher un nit-idisher teater in rusland,
"Forward", N. Y., 18 December 1927.
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A. V.
Lunatsharsky -- Klara young, "Di prese", Buenos
Aires, 10 September 1928.
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Jacob Botoshansky
-- Der debut fun klara yong, "Di prese", Buenos
Aires, 17 September 1928.
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Shmuel Rozhansky
--Klara yong debut in teater, "Excelsior", "Idishe
tsaytung", Buenos Aires, 17 September 1928.
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Y. B. -- Klara
young als khantshe in amerike, "Di prese",
Buenos Aires, 25 September 1928.
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Sh. R. [Sh.
Rozhansky] -- "Sha, der rebe fart!", "Idishe
tsaytung", Buenos Aires, 1 October 1928.
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Jacob Botoshansky
-- Klara young als a bkhur a khvat, "Di prese",
Buenos Aires, 28 October 1928.
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Shmuel Rozshansky
-- A sheyn oyfgefirte piese in theater
"excelsior", "Idishe tsaytung", Buenos Aires, 28
October 1928.
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-- Moscow, 1929.
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M. H. -- [Meansha
Halpern] -- Klara yong, "Idishe folkstsayt",
Rio, 11 January 1929.
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Elchanan Zeitlin
-- Klara yong, "Unzer ekspres", Warsaw, 27
December 1929.
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M. Kipnis -- "Sha,
der rebe fart!", "Haynt", Warsaw, 22 January
1930.
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B. K. [Karlinsky]
-- klara young oyf der bihne, "Der moment",
Warsaw, 24 January 1930.
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P. -- Klara
young, tsu ire oyftritn in "filharmonye", "Lodz
tagenblat",
10 March 1930.
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Tatiana F [Fuks]
-- "Sha, der rebe gart", Di naye piese mit klara
young, "Nayer folksblat", Lodz, 24 March 1930.
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LE -- Klara young
als rbile, "Vilner tog", 1 April 1930.
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Itzhak
Katzenelson -- Klara young, "Lodztgbl"t", 4 Aril
1930.Lodz tagenblat"
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Bleyfeder --
Kompromitatsye un reabilitatsye, "Ovnt-kurier",
Vilna, 23 April 1930.
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A. V. [Vaserman]
-- Klara young in "chekele blofer", "Riger tog",
4 May 1930.
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A. V. -- Der
2-ter oyftrit fun klara yong, "Riger tog", 5 May
1930.
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K. -- Klara yong
in "Khantshe in amerika", "Frimorgn", Riga, 6
May 1930.
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K. [Kitay] --
Klara young in "odesa mame", "Frimorgn", Riga, 8
May 1930.
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-- N. --"Odesa-mame"
mit klara youngm "Riger tog", 8 May 1930.
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M. Kitay -- Klara
yong, "Frimorgn", Riga, 9 May 1930.
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A. A. Gruzenberg
-- A. A. Gruzenberg vegn klara yong, "Frimorgn",
Riga, 15 May 1930.
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V. Latzky-Bertholdi -- Vegn klara yongs shmeykhele,
"Frimorgn", Riga, 18 May 1930.
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Kit -- Klara yong
in "Sha, der rebe fart", dort.
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A. E. [Ester
Eliashev] -- 1-ter oyftrit fun klara yong in
kovne, "Folksblat", Kovno, 26 May 1930.
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Kh. Shk. --
Oyftrit fun klara yong, "Di idishe shtime",
Kovno, 26 May 1930.
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A. E. -- Klara
yong hoybt zikh on tsu antflekn, "Folksblat",
Kovno, 28 May 1930.
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M. Marishes --
Greste rusishe kristiker vegn klara yong, "Folksblat",
Kovno, 30 May, 1 June 1930.
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Mikhail Yo -- Far
klara young, "Frimorgn", Riga, 5 September 1930.
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Spektator [N.
Frank] -- Klara young su ihr oyftrit in paris, "Parizer
haynt", 13 October 1930.
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I. Yerusalimsky
-- Chekele blofer, "Belgisher tog", 24 December
1930.
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Kuni Lemel der
tsveyter -- Ikh leren zikh shreyben
teater-retsenzies.... "Yudishe prese",
Antwerp-Brussels, 26 December 1930.
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Dr. A. Mukdoni
-- Zikhrunut fun a teater-kritiker, "Archive",
Vilna, 1930, pp. 389, 390, 391.
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