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
 

Avraham Zetser

 

Z. was born in Odessa, Ukraine.

He was a prompter for Avraham Goldfaden in Romania, afterwards for Naftali Goldfaden and Israel Rosenberg in Russia.

When he went over to Jacob Katzman, Z. barely knew how to write and read Yiddish and yet was an excellent prompter.


M. E. from Sh. Tabatshnikov, Jacob Katzman and Mishe Nakhamkus.

  • Jacob P. Adler -- 40 yor oyf der bine, "Di  varhayt", N. Y., 30 November 1916, 21 February, 11 March, 2 June, 1917.


 

 

 

 

 

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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 796.
 

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