First Season, 1918-1919,
Irving Place
Theatre, E. 15h Street
(Irving Place).
MAN AND HIS SHADOW (Der
man un zayn shotn)
(17 August 1918, though
according to
Zylbercweig, the theatre
officially opened on 30
August),
By Z. Libin.
The troupe consisted of:
Celia Adler, Chana Appel,
Jacob Ben-Ami, Berta
Gerstin, Yechiel
Goldsmith, Ludwig Satz,
Anna Meltzer, Mr. and
Mrs. Nadolski, Julius
Erber, Boris and Rose
Rosenthal.
A new
"fantasy-drama".
October 4-5,
1918 cast:
The man
The woman
The boy
The girl
The siren
Jacob Weltman
Sophie, his wife
Eddie, Dora: their children in Act 1, 3
His children in Act 2
Beatrice, Jacob's sister
Sam Chizick (her husband, a waiter)
Rose Davis (Jacob's sweetheart)
Mr. Myer (world's famous violinist)
Mr. Eviger (family lawyer)
The Man at the Gate
Grave Digger |
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Maurice Schwartz
Celia Adler
Henrietta Jacobson
Ruth Schwartz
Bertha Gerstin
Maurice Schwartz
Celia Adler
Miss Jacobson and Ruth Schwartz
Clara Rosenthal and Max Willner
Anna Meltzer
Ludwig Satz
Bertha Gerstin
Boris Rosenthal
(Jacob)
Ben-Ami
Mr. Goldsmith
Mr. Nadolsky |
photo:
Maurice
Schwartz as
the artist
Weltman, and
Celia Adler
as his wife. |
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MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION
(Froy worens profesye)
(25 September 1918),
By George Bernard Shaw.
Starring Maurice
Schwartz, Anna Appel,
Jacob Ben-Ami, Jechiel
Goldsmith, Boris
Rosenthal and Berta
Gerstin.
Directed by Maurice
Schwartz.
photo:
Chana Appel as
Mrs. Warren; Maurice
Schwartz as Krofts.
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BELLA THE MARIONETTE (Beylke maraneta) (26 September 1918),
By Berl Botwinick.
First performed at the
Royal Theatre on 12
September 1913 with
Maurice Schwartz and
Malvina Lobel.
Starring Maurice
Schwartz, Anna Appel et
al.
Directed by Maurice
Schwartz.
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A WIFE ON CREDIT/INSTALLMENT (A veyb oyf
optsoln) (30 September 1918),
By M. Goldberg.
A musical comedy in four acts.
Directed by Maurice Schwartz.
Music by Joseph Brody.

SAPPHO (4 October 1918),
By Jacob Gordin.

URIEL ACOSTA (Uriel
akosta) (7 October 1918),
By Karl Gutskov.
A tragedy.
Rudolf Kristian
(director of German
theatre) as "Rabbi Akiva";
Maurice Schwartz as "Uriel".

THE ROBBERS (Di
royber) (14 October
1918),
By Frederick Von
Schiller.
With Rudolf Kristian as
"Karl", and Maurice
Schwartz as "Frantz",
Ludwig Satz as the
"pastor".

THE HOUSE OF GHOSTS (Dos
geyster hoyz) (18
October 1918),
By Avaraham Shomer.

KREUTZER SONATA (Kreytser
sonata) (21 October 1918),
By Jacob Gordin.
A Drama.
With the German actress Greta
Meier as "Eteynin" and Maurice Schwartz as "Rafael
Fridlender". Also with Ludwig Satz as "Efrim Fidler".

THE AWAKENING OF MY PEOPLE/THE
AWAKENING OF A NATION
(Di ervakhung fun mayn falk) (25 October 1918),
By Osip Dymov.
With Rudolf Kristian, Celia
Adler et al.
photo: Celia
Adler as
"The Little
Girl" (dos
kleyne
meydele). |
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SAPPHO (Safo) (28
October 1918),
By Jacob Gordin.
With German actor Hansh
Uterkisher as "Apolon"
and Berta Gersten as
"Sappho".

THE GHOST (Di gayster)
(30 October 1918),
By Henrik Ibsen.
A drama.
With Maurice Schwartz as
"Osvald".
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HEAR O
ISRAEL (Shma
Yisrael) (2
November
1918),
By Ossip
Dymov.
Benefit
performance
for the
Socialist
Music
Bureau.
With
Dovid-Leib
Zeydenberg
as "Aharon
Shiper".
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A FORSAKEN CORNER
(A farvorfn vinkl)
(16 November 1918;
Zylbercweig:
16 October
1918),
By Peretz Hirshbein.
Jacob Ben-Ami
production.
photo:
Maurice
Schwartz in
Peretz
Hirshbein's
"In a
Forsaken
Nook".. |
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NORA (A DOLL'S HOUSE)
(Dos gayster hoyz) (18
November 1918).
By Henrik Ibsen.
Directed by Maurice
Schwartz.
Starring Boris
Rosenthal (Torvald
Helmer), Berta Gersten
(Nora Helmer), Anna
Appel, Jacob Ben-Ami et
al. Twelfth
Yiddish Art Theatre
production.
photo: Berta Gersten as
"Nora".
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RESURRECTION
(Rezurekshon)
(12 December
1918),
By Leo
Tolstoy.
A drama. |
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LOVE'S
BYWAYS (Krume
vegn fun
libe) (11
December
1918),
By David
Pinski.
Directed by
Maurice
Schwartz. |
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TREE OF
KNOWLEDGE
(Etz Ha
Da'at) (28
December
1918),
By Jacob
Gordin.
A repertory
play. |
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ISAAC SHEFTEL
(Izik sheftel)
(2 January 1919),
By David Pinski.
A drama. |
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GABRI AND THE
WOMEN
(Gabri mit di
froyen)
(9 January 1919),
By David Pinski. |
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PROFESSOR
BERNARDI
(Profesor bernardi)
(16 January 1919),
By Arthur
Schnitzler.
A drama.
Directed by
Maurice
Schwartz. |
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THE JEWISH
KING LEAR
((Der yidisher king
lear)
(17 January 1919),
By Jacob Gordin. |
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BATTLE OF THE
BUTTERFLIES
(Shmeterling
shlacht)
(18 January 1919),
By Hermann
Sudermann.
A comedy. Also
played by the
Vilna Troupe in
Vilna.
"Ern"-evening
for Celia Adler.
photo: Celia
Adler as "Rozkhen". |
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MIRELE EFROS
(Mirele efros)
(1 February 1919),
By Jacob Gordin.
A repertory
play. |
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SUCCESS
(Sukses)
(7 February 1919),
By Moishe Nadir.
Irving Place
Theatre.
Directed by
Maurice
Schwartz. |
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THE TREASURE
(Der oytser)
(18 February 1919),
By David Pinski.
A comedy.
photo: A
scene from "The
Treasure". |
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THE BLACKSMITH'S
DAUGHTER (Dem shmids
tekhter) (21 February 1919),
By Peretz Hirshbein.
Starring Celia Adler,
Bertha Gerstin, Ludwig
Satz, Elihu
Tenenholtz, Maurice
Schwartz, Jechiel
Goldsmith and Boris
Rosenthal (as the
blacksmith).
A comedy.
Directed by Maurice
Schwartz.
photo, right:
Caricatures of Maurice
Schwartz, Berta Gerstin,
Celia Adler and Ludwig
Satz. Caricatures by
Lola..
photo, far right:
Maurice Schwartz as
"Nisan-Alter".:
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BELIEVE
YOUR WIFE (Gloyb
deyn froy)
(6 March
1919),
By Leonid
Andreyev.
Directed by
Maurice
Schwartz. |
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HEDDA
GABLER (Hedda
gabler)
(11
March
1919),
By
Henrik
Ibsen.
"Ern"-evening
for
Berta
Gersten,
who had
the
title
role for
this
play.
photo:
Berta
Gersten
as "Hedda
Gabler". |
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THE
IDEAL
HUSBAND
(Der
idealer
man) (3
April
1919),
By Oscar
Wilde.
"Ern"-evening
for
Maurice
Schwartz. |
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THE
TWO
KUNI
LEMELS
(Di
tsvey
kuni
lemel)
(17
April
1919),
By
Abraham
Goldfaden.
A
comedy.
With
actors
including
Sam
Kasten,
Peter
Graf,
Julius
Natanson
and
Bessie
Weisman. |
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SAMSON
AND
DELILAH
(Shimshon
un
delilah)
(23
April
1919),
By Sven
Lange.
Directed
by Jacob
Ben-Ami.
Translation
by L.
Krishtal.
Jacob
Ben-Ami's
testimonial.
photo:
Jacob
Ben-Ami
as
"Peter
Krumbak". |
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THE
FATHER
(Der
foter)
(1 May
1919),
By
August
Strindberg
Directed
by
Maurice
Schwartz. |
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THE
TRUTH
(Der
emes) (6
May
1919),
By
Stanislaw
Przybyszewski
A
one-act
play. |
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PEOPLE
(Mentshn)
(6
May
1919),
By
Leo
Tolstoy
A
one-act
play. |
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THE
POWER OF
DARKNESS
(Di
makht
fun
finsternish)
(23 May
1919),
By Leo
Tolstoy
A drama
directed
by Jacob
Ben-Ami.
Translated
by Leon
Krishtal. |
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GREEN
FIELDS
(Griner
felder)
(30
May
1919),
By
Peretz
Hirshbein.
A
comedy
by
Jacob
Ben-Ami.
photo:
Ensemble
of
"Green
Fields"
with
the
author
Peretz
Hirshbein. |
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Second Season, 1919-1920,
Irving Place
Theatre, E. 15h Street
(Irving Place).
TEVYE
THE
MILKMAN
(Tevye
der
milkhiger)
(29
August
1919),
By
Sholem
Aleichem
photo,
right:
Drawing
by Shaul
Raskin.
photo,
far
right:
Maurice
Schwartz
as "Tevye". |
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THE
DANCER
(Di
tentserin)
(20
October
1919),
By M.
Lengyel.
Directed
by
Maurice
Schwartz.
Jennie
Valier
played
the lead
role.
p
hoto:
Actress
Jennie
Valier. |
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THE
LAST
JEW
(Der
letster
yid)
(2
November
1919),
(per
ZZ/Moishe
Nadir
biography).
By
Moishe
Nadir.
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GOD,
MAN
AND
DEVIL
(Got,
mentsh
un
teyvl)
(6
November
1919),
By
Jacob
Gordin.
Abraham
Teitelbaum
in
the
title
role
(as
"Hershele
Dubrovner").
photo:
Maurice
Schwartz
as "Uriel
Mazik". |
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THE
TRUTH
(Di
varhayt)
(12
November
1919),
By
Jacob
Gordin.
A
play
of
old
Yiddish
theatre
repertory.
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THE
LOWER
DEPTHS
(Oyfn
opgrunt)
(25
December
1919),
By
Maxim
Gorky.
Liza
Silbert
and
Maurice
Schwartz
as
"Luka".
Directed
by
Maurice
Schwartz.
Translated
by
Mark
Schweid.
photo,
right:
Group
scene
from
the
cast
of
Gordin's
"The
Lower
Depths".
photo,
far
right:
Maurice
Schwartz
as
"Luka". |
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KREUTZER SONATA (Kreytser
sonata)
(30
December 1919),
By Jacob Gordin.A drama
directed
by
Maurice
Schwartz.
With
Jennie
Valier
as "Etenye". |
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AFTER
THE
WEDDING
(Noch
der
khasene)
(14
January
1920),
By
Leon
Kobrin.
Directed
by
Maurice
Schwartz.
Already
had
been
performed
in
the
Yiddish
theatre
by
Boris
Thomashevsky
as "Bertshik
in
America". |
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THE
WHITE
FLOWER
(Di
vayse
blum)
(28
January
1920),
By
Wolf
Leroy.
Directed
by
Maurice
Schwartz.
Adapted
by
David
Belasco.
photo:
Dan
Frohman
(producer
of
"The
White
Flower")
and
Maurice
Schwartz. |
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THE
BASTARD
(Di
memzer)
(4
March
1920),
By
Jacob
Gordin. |
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THE
SON OF
TWO
NATIONS
(Der zun
fun
tsvey
natsionen)
(11
March
1920),
By Mark
Arnstein.
Directed
by
Maurice
Schwartz. |
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THE
TRUE
POWER
(Di
Emeter
kraft)
(16
March
1920),
By
Jacob
Gordin. |
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THE
NEW
GHETTO
(Dos
neye
geto)
(18
March
1920),
By
Dr.
Theodore
Herzel. |
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ONCE IN MAY (Amol
in may) (2 April
1920),
By Anonymous.
Directed by
Maurice
Schwartz.
Composer Peretz
Sandler.
Adapted by David
Belasco, from
"May Time",
further adapted
by Maurice
Schwartz.
With Nadya
Neroslavska.
Played earlier
in Philadelphia.
photo:Maurice
Schwartz and
Nadya
Neroslavska as
"Binyamin" and "Perele". |
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THIEVES (Ganovim)
(8 April 1920),
By F. Bimko.
Directed by
Maurice
Schwartz. |
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MOISHE THE FIDDLER
(Moyshe der fidler) (8 April 1920),
Music by Joseph Cherniavsky.
Starring Berta Gersten,
Elihu Tenenholtz, Anna
Appel et al.
A picture of Klezmer
life in one act.
photo, right: Elihu
Tenenholtz and Maurice
Schwartz.
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ZAZA (Zaza)
(21 April
1920),
By Berton
and Simon.
Directed and
translatetd
by Mark
Schweid.
photo,
right:
Caricatures
by S.
Ruskin. |
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Third Season, 1920-1921,
Irving Place
Theatre, E. 15h Street
(Irving Place).
THE GOLDEN CHAIN
(Di
goldene keyt) (3 September 1920),
By I. L. Peretz.
A Drama
Starring Maurice
Schwartz, Berta Gerstin,
Eliahu Tenenholtz, Anna
Appel et al.
photo,
right:
Maurice
Schwartz as
"Rabbi
Yonatan" and
Berta
Gersten as
"Leah".
photo, far
right:
Maurice
Schwartz as
"R' Shlomo".. |
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HARD TO
BE A JEW
(Shver
tsu zayn a
yid) (1
October
1920),
By Sholem
Aleichem.
A comedy
directed by
Maurice
Schwartz.
photo,
right:
Maurice
Schwartz as
"David
Shapiro".
photo, far
right, top:
Scene from
"Hard to be
a Jew".
photo, far
right,
bottom:
Caricatures
from play
(numbered
for
identifcation):
1) Daid
Shapiro
(Maurice
Schwartz),
2) Ivan
Ivanovitsh
Ivanov (Muni
Weisenfreund),
3) Betty
Shapiro
(Berta
Gesten), 4)
Hertske
Shneurson (Misha
German), 5)
Sara Shapiro
(Saltshe
Shor), 6)
Zhandarmsky
Polkovnik
(Sh.
Krause), 7)
Student
Grinberg (Yakov
Goldstein),
8) Ketsele
(Avraham
Fishkind),
9) Siome
(Louie
Shapiro),
10) Huravitz
(M. B.
Samuiloff). |
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FATIMA (11 November
1920) (per "Lexicon
of the Yiddish Theatre,
V. 5, p. 4550)
Produced by Maurice
Schwartz.
By Yitzhak Katzenelson,
music by Israel
Glatstein.

LANDSLEIT (Landslayt)
(16 December 1920),
By I. D. Berkowitz.
Arranged and Composed by
Joseph Cherniavsky.
Directed by Maurice
Schwarz. Lyrics by
Nusher. Martin Schwartz,
Manager. Leon Crystal,
Business Manager. Sam
Patashinsky, Treasurer.
Mamie Mizbin, Asst.
Treasurer. Harry
Greenblatt, Secretary.
Stage Staff: Mark Schweid, Stage Manager.
Sam Pecker, Asst. Stage
Manager. Julius Levy,
Master Carpenter. David
Gold, Master
Electrician. Sam Wolinsky, Master of
Properties. Joseph
Schwartzberg,
Librarian. Alex. Chertov,
Scenic Artist. Kaminsky
& Hauswirth, Wigs.
Zipper, Costumes. Nathan Gaibtan, Mme. Lateiner,
Master of Wardrobe. At
the Yiddish Art Theatre,
27th Street and Madison
Avenue, New York.
First Part--Miniatures:
The Executioner
(By Moishe Nadir; music by J. Cherniavsky)
A "Spadek"
(Song by Sh. Frug; music by J. Cherniavsky)
The Man Who Yawns
The Man and the Horse
Maurice Schwartz After Rehearsal
(by Moishe Nadir)
The Teamster and His Bride |
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Maurice Schwartz
Bina Abramowitz
Mark Schweid
Abraham Loks and Jacob Sobel
Alex. Tannenholtz
Maurice Schwartz and Anna Appel |
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Second Part--The Crooked
Mirror
"The Last Act"--Book and Music by Joseph Cherniavsky
Gutherz
Helen
Steinherz
Liebherz (The Lover)
Bankart (A Banker)
Teibele (His Daughter)
Louis (His Son)
Count Liapopolsky
The Blind Mother
A Butler
Liovka Horobez
Diamondstein (A Business Man)
Regina (His Wife)
Segal
A Butcher |
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Jachiel Goldsmith
Sonia Gursky
Samuel Packer
Julius Adler
Maurice Swartz
Bessie Mogulesko
Louis Shapiro
Irving Honigman
Anna Apel
Leon Dreyfach
Hyman Meryerson
Alex. Tanneholtz
Mme. Goldberg
Mark Schweid
Hyman Meisel |
Sarchi: J.
Schrasberg: Malke, his wife; Frieda Katz; Blume: Rose
Geiner; Dine: Rachel Barland; Moishele: Yehudah
Bleich; Jack: Joseph Schooler; Sadie: Yetta
Eisenberg; Mali: Minnie Paulinger; An Usher: B.
Hirsch; Mike: Isaac Sapirstein; Boys: B. Katz; H.
Greenberg, S. Alexandrowitz, Tol-Mike; Far: I.
Rosenberg; Mrs. Fat: Anna Spector; Mrs. Pikelson:
Bruche Raski; Mrs. Shainer: Clara Deitchman; Moriz:
I. Greenberg; Bernard: A. Bernstein; Mrs. Krawetz:
Jennie Margulies; Mr. Krawetz: Israel Schein; A Song
Peddler: J. Freibusch; A Chinaman: J. Selzer;
Chorus: Helperin, Walkin, Wolkow, B. Bernstein, Vera
Gordon, Louise Lifshitz. |

An orimans libe
(A Poor Man's Dream, or,
Middle-Class People)
(17 February 1921),
By Semyon Yushkevich,
translated by Abraham
Teitelbaum. Director:
Maurice Schwartz.

THE DIBBUK (Der dybuk) (1
September 1921),
By S. Ansky.
First "Batlen"
Second "Batlen"
Third "Batlen"
The "Meshulach"
Chonon, A
Talmud
Student
Mayer, A
Sexton
Chana-Esther
Henech, A
Talmud
Student
Leah
Frade, Her
Nurse
Gittel,
Leah's
Companion
Usher
Sender,
Leah's
Father
Basseh,
Leah's
Companion
Menasseh,
Leah's
Bethrothed
Nachman, His
Father
Mendel, His
Tutor
Azrielkek
Miropoler, A
Sage
Michiel, His
Attendant
Shimshin, A
Rav (chief
rabbi) |
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Alexander
Tanenholtz
A. Lutzky
Jehudah
Bleich
Julius Adler
Bar Galilee
Hyman Meisel
Anna Appel
Irving
Gonikman
Celia Adler
Bina
Abramowitz
Bessie
Mogulesky
Joseph
Rosenberg
Jechiel
Goldsmith
Sarah
Jacknin
Joseph
Schooler
Carl Fell
Jacob Sobel
Maurice
Schwartz
Israel
Schein
Mark Schweid |
other "Dybbuk"
Oct/Nov 1921?):
Starring Maurice
Schwartz (Chonon/Azrielke Miropoler), Celia Adler
(Leah), Jacob
Ben Ami, Lia Rosen, Bina
Abramowitz, Jechiel
Goldsmith, Mark Schweid, Isidore Cashier,
Anna Appel, Lazar Freed,
C. Shneyer et al. Set
design Alex Chertov.
Music by
Josef Cherniavsky.
At the
Garden Theatre, 27th
Street and Madison
Avenue.

RAGS (Shmates) (6 December
1921),
By H. Leivick.
A play in four acts.
Directed by Maurice
Schwartz. Starring Maurice
Schwartz (as Mordechai
Maze), Zvi Scooler, Bina
Abramowitz, Irving Honigman, Mark Schweid
et al. Settings by Alex
Chertov. At the Garden
Theatre, 27th Street and
Madison Avenue. (3202)
Mordechai
Maaze
Rachel-Leah,
his wife
Harry
Annie
Sadie
Levy
Morris Levy,
his son
A Foreman
Abraham
Malitz
Daien
Reb Eli
Itze
Chaim
Zalman
Moti
Nuchum
Berel
Noach
Schmuhl
Chatzkel
Israil
Moishe |
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Maurice
Schwartz
Bina
Abramowitz
Zvi Joseph
Skulr (Scooler)
Bessie
Mogulesco
Anna Apel
Hyman Meisel
Samuel
Bernstein
Morris
Strousberg
Jachiel
Goldsmith
Irving
Honigman
Mark Schweid
Julius Adler
Israel
Schoen
Ph.
Yoskowitz
Emil Hirsh
Albert Mohel
Benzion Katz
I.
Soperstein
Samuel
Treibusch
Isaac
Greenberg
Joseph
Rosenberg
Levi Shapiro |

THE DEAD MAN (Der toyter
mensh) (2
February 1922 [per
Zylbercweig]),
By Sholem Asch.
Director: Maurice
Schwartz.

COMPETITORS (aka THE
COMPETITION) (March
1922),
By Jonah Rosenfeld.
Starring Maurice
Schwartz (as Motele), Celia Adler,
Anna Appel et al.
photo: Celia Adler and
Anna Appel
and Maurice Schwartz. |
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DEMBES (Oaks) (14?
April 1922),
By Fishel Bimko
At Yiddish Art Theatre

NEW WORLDS; aka
DIFFERENT) (Andersh) (23 September 1922),
By H. Leivick. A Drama in four acts and
five scenes. At the Yiddish
Art Theatre.
Marcus
Bertha
His mother
Mr. Jacobs
Mrs. Jacobs
Bertha's sister-in-law
Luria
Isidore
Sophie Anderson
The Campaigner
Police Captain
Italian woman |
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Maurice Schwartz
Bertha Gersten
Bina Abramowitz
Gerson Rubin
Fannie Goldberg
Bessie Mogulesco
Mischa German
Munie Weizenfreund
Lucy German
Jechiel Goldsmith
Herman Meizel
Anna Appel |

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
(Russian subtitle:
REVIZOR) (8 October
1922),
By N. Gogol. Starring
Maurice Schwartz (Khlestakov), Bertha Gerstin, Muni
Weisenfreund, Leonid
Sniegoff, Anna Appel,
Morris Strassberg et al.

THE GREAT FORTUNE (THE
BIG LOTTERY for 1928
production) (Dos groyse
gevins; 200,000)
(8 December 1922),
By Sholem Aleichem.
A comedy in four acts.
The present Stage
Version from the "Great
Fortune" and "Seventy
Five Thousand" by J. D.
Berkowitz. Irving
Honigman, Stage Manager.
Harry Greenblatt,
Secretary. Joseph
Schwartzberg, Librarian.
Alexander Chertov,
Scenic Artist. Julius
Levy, Master Carpenter.
David Gold, Master
Electrician. Sam Wolinsky, Master of
Properties. Costumes by
Meth and Groper. Wigs by
Hugo Hauswirth. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre,
Madison Avenue at
Twenty-Seventh Street,
NYC.
Shimele Soroker, tailor and
descendant of a family of tailors
Etti-Mennie, his wife
Beilke, their daughter
Kopel, apprentice tailor
Morel, apprentice tailor
Solomon Fein, a wealthy old bachelor
Ascher Fein, his uncle
Golde, Ascher's wife
Koltoon, Solomon Fein's agent
Soloveitchik, a professional match-maker
Perel
Himmelfarb, bookkeeper at the bank
Mendel, the butler
Yochebed, the maid |
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Maurice Schwartz
Anna Appel
Bertha Gersten
Munie Weizenfreund
Mischa German
Isaac Honigman
Hyman Meizel
Fanny Goldberg
Yechiel Goldsmith
Mark Schweid
Binah Abromovitch
Ben-Zion Katz
Gerson Rubin
Bess Mogulesco |
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Place: The town
of Kasrilevke, Russia.

ANATHEMA
(8 February 1923),
By Leonid Andreyev.
A play in seven scenes.
Starring Maurice
Schwartz (Spirit of
Evil), Munie
Weisenfreund (David
Leizer), Bina
Abramowitz, Mark Schweid
et al. Settings by
Samuel Ostrowsky.
The Guardian of the Entrances;
Anathema
David Leizer
Sarah
Rosa
Naum
Ivan Bezkrainy, the Russian
Sonka Zitron, the Jewess
Purikes, the Greek
Dancing Master...
Young Man
Pale Man
Organ Grinder
A Wanderer
Abraham Khessin
Weeping Woman
Drunkard
Sonka's Little Girl
Leibke
The Harlot |
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Maurice Schwartz
Munie Weisenfreund
Bina Abramowitz
Bertha Gersten
Mark Schweid
Hyman Meizel
Bessie Mogulesko
Irving Honigman
Joseph Sculler
Joseph Rosenberg
Benjamin Katz
Gerson Rubin
Jechiel Goldsmith
Jack Sobel
Anna Appel
Mr. Kobolsky
Jennie Brandt
Mr. Katz
Lucy German
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photo,
bottom:
Munie
Weisenfreund,
as David
Leizer. |

YIZKOR (12 April
1923),
With Maurice
Schwartz(?). By Harry
Sackler.

SHABSE ZVI
(31 August 1923),
Directed by Maurice
Schwartz.
By Julian Zhulavski
(Zhulovsky). Starring
Maurice Schwartz (Shabse
Zvi). Translated by Joel Entin
and Moishe Katz
(Zylbercweig: translated
by Y. Y. Singer), with
settings by Samuel
Ostrowsky, music by
Alexander Olshanetsky
and dances by Russian
ballet master Alexander Kotchetowsky.
At the Garden Theater,
27th Street and Madison
Avenue.

THE SEVEN WHO WERE
HANGED
(Di zibn
gehongene)
(6 October
1923),
Directed by Leonid
Sniegoff.
By Leonid Andreyev.
Dramatized by A. Zlatin.
(In Europe staged in the
dramatization of Z.
Tsashevsgi with Yudel
Dubinsky as "Mishke
Tsiganok".)Starring Maurice
Schwartz. At the Garden
Theatre, 27th Street and
Madison Avenue.

BEGGARS (Betler) (22 November
1923),
By H. Leivick. Settings
by Sam Ostrovsky.
Chaim
Meilech
Micha
Zurech
Deaf-Dumb
Yonah Kasoke
Doctor
Hinde
Mirel
Yetta
A Voice from
the Room
First woman
Second woman
First voice
Second voice
Jew with a
Beard
False Blind
Person
The Elder
Farzorgter
Jew |
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Wolf
Goldfaden
Maurice
Schwartz
Yudel
Dubinsky
Mark Schweid
Julius Adler
Izidor
Cashier
[?]
Bina
Abramowitz
Berta
Gerstin
E. Orzhevska
(Orzehvskaya)
***
Leah Meltzer
[?]
Jacob Mestel
A.
Winogradoff
Boaz Young
Leon
Zeiderberg
Moshe
Strassberg
Abraham
Kubansky |

DOLLS (Lialkes)
(26 December 1923),
By Jacinto de
Benavente, translated by
Nakhum Stutshkov.
Directed by Mark
Schweid.

THE TWO KOONYLEMMELS
(Di tsvey kuni lemels)
(25 January 1924),
By Abraham
Goldfaden. Comedy in
four acts and nine scenes.
Directed by Maurice
Schwartz. Settings by
Samuel Ostrowsky. Music
by Abraham Goldfaden.
Arranged by S. Olshinetsky. Martin
Schwartz, Manager.
Executive Staff: Mae
Misbin, Anne Bordovsky,
in the Box-Office. Harry
Greenblat, Secretary.
Stage Staff: Isidore
Cashier, Stage Manager.
Benjamin Katz, His
Assistant. Jos.
Schwartzberg, Librarian.
Technical Staff:
Alexander Chertov and
Samuel Ostrovsky, Scenic
Artists. Julius Levy,
Carpenter. David Gold,
Electrical. Sam Wolinsky,
Property. Costumes by
Meth & Groper. Wigs by
Hugo Hauswirth. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre, 61
Madison Avenue, New
York.
Reb' Pinchas
Rivkah, his
wife
Caroline,
their
daughter
Reb' Sholom
Koonylemmel,
his stepson
Max, a
student and
Caroline's
lover
Kalman, a
marriage
broker
Leba, his
daughter
Hotzmach,
peddler and
man about
town
The Town
Lunatic
Yankele,
Koonylemmel's
friend
Reb' Yankuv
Reb' Schiman
Scholom
Franz
First
Schamas
Small
Schamas
Boruch |
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Mark Schweid
Bina
Abramowitz
Bertha
Gersten
Isidore
Cashier
Maurice
Schwartz
Wolf
Goldfadden
Julius Adler
Leah Meltzer
Yudel
Dubinsky
Leon
Zeidenberg
Samuel
Garfunkel
Morris
Strassberg
Samuel
Schneider
Abraham
Kubansky
Wolf
Yoskowitz
Morris
Optaker
Philip
Sherman |
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photo:
Wolf
Goldfadden
as Max, and
Maurice
Schwartz as
Koonylemmel. |
Students:
Anatol
Vinogradoff,
Joseph
Scooler,
Boris
Weiner,
S.
Annesfeld,
Morris
Gross,
Leon
Zeidenberg,
P.
Goldman,
B.
Kalich,
Bertha
Laltchuck,
Minnie
Paulinger,
Jennie
Brandt,
Aarion
Elmar,
Minnie
Toller.
Jews:
Sam
Schneider,
Barnard
Beiling,
Sam
Karlin,
J.
Rosenberg,
Sam
Schwartz,
M.
Ferman,
David
Spiegel,
Chas.
Rothstein,
A.
Beitler,
J.
Bornedsky,
I. Nadel,
J.
Schtiffel,
Jos.
Toll, B.
Grosshart,
I.
Noodelman.
Women:
Esther
Latainer,
Minnie
Kaplan,
Anna
Skolsky,
Miriam
Zellermeyer.
Time--Middle
of XIX
Century. |

DER LUTIKER GELEKHTER (Bloody
Laughter; Hinkeman)
(14 February 1924),
Under the direction
of Maurice Schwartz, by
Ernst Toller, translated
by Liliput.

DER EYBIKER LIGN (The
Eternal Lie)
(April 1924),
Under the direction
of Maurice Schwartz,
with Ben-Tsvi Baratov as
Kalinst. By Koren
Bramson.

FURMAN HENSCHEL
(April 1924),
Under the direction
of Leonid Sniegoff, with
Ben-tsvi Baratov in the
title role "Furman
Henshl". By Gerhart
Hauptmann.

MOSHKE THE SWINE/GENTILE (Moshe Chazer)
(3 October 1924),
By I. D. Berkowitz.
Starring Maurice
Schwartz, Bertha Gerstin,
Eliahu Tenenholtz, Anna
Appel, Muni Weisenfreund
(as Cyril Cyrilitch
Piatok) et al. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre, 61
Madison Avenue.

WHEN WILL WE DIE? (Ven
shtarbt er?) (21 October
1924),
By Chune Gottesfeld.
A comedy in seven
scenes.

THE DEVIL KNOWS WHAT
(aka THE GHOST KNOWS
WHAT) (Sheydim vaysn vos) (24 November
1924),
By Peretz Hirshbein.
A story in six scenes. Starring Maurice
Schwartz (Wolf), Leah
Rosen, Anna Appel, Bima Abramowitz,
Bertha Gersten, Munie
Weizenfreund (the
Mysterious One), et al.
Costumes by Yosl Cutler
and Zuny Mond. Scenery
by Alex Chertov. Music
by Sholom Secunda.

IN EVERY HOUSE (IN YEDEN
HOYZ)
(4 December 1924),
By Bernard Gorin. A
comedy in four acts.
Under the direction of
Maurice Schwartz.
Presented on the
thirtieth anniversary of
the author's literary
debut.

WOLVES (30 December
1924)*,
By Romain Rolland. A
play in three acts, translated by L. Bloomenfeld, directed by Maurice Schwartz, settings by Alexander
Chertov. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 61 Madison Avenue.
Teulier
d'Oryon
Verrat
Quesnel
Chapelas
Buquet
Vidalot
Jean-Christophe
A Spy
Inn Keeper
First Officer
Second Officer
First Soldier
Second Soldier |
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Maurice Schwartz
Muni Weisenfreund
Isidore Cashier
Ben Zvi Baratoff
Elias Tenenholtz
Wolff Goldfadden
Lazar Freed
Mark Schweid
Abraham Teitelbaum
Morris Strassberg
Leon Zeidenberg
Boris Weiner
Jacob Mestel
Philip Sherman |

MISERE (Despair);
(staged by the "Freie yidishe folks-bine) (25 February
1925),
Directed by Leonid Sniegoff.

THE WITCH (Di kishufmakherin) (March 1925),
By Abraham
Goldfaden. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre, 61 Madison Avenue. Transliteration below
approximate. |
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Moshe
Smitshik
The Father
Abraham'tse
The
Shtifmame
bt'h
Sitekhterl
Mirele
Der khtn
markus
Flemfeyerdiker
hotzmakh
Khabarnik
politsmeyster
Tsvey kleyne
khabarniklekh
Der
freylekher
student
Sifreylekhe
yidl
Di
kishufmakherin
(baba yakhne)
Der
breyt-beynevdiker
alikum
Der ling-un-leberdiker
ktsb
Der
gasnpoyker
Der alter
tsigeyner
Der fish-hendler
Der kelbener
ktsb
Der
droybener
ktsb
S'eyngele
mit di
bobkelekh
Di
shvartshnevdike
lyubke
1st
terkisher
sukhr
2nd
terkisher
sukhr
Der terk
shbterk
Der voyler
ying
Der royter
kretshmer
Zeyn royt
bruderl
Khayim'etszel
Der
kuntsnmakher
halikel
rizikant
Der kluger
hon
R' di
narishe huhn
Di khsre
bhmh |
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Boris Weiner
Jacob Mestel
Anna Appel
Anna
Teitelbaum
Lazar Fried
Muni
Weisenfreund
Wolf
Goldfaden
L.
Koenigsberg
and M.
Neiman
L.
Zeydenberg
A. F.
Maurice
Schwartz
Ben-Tsvi
Baratov
Izidor
Cashier
Abraham
Teitelbaum
Moshe
Kubansky
Philip
Sherman
G. Goldman
M. Sh.
L. Tepel
Berta
Gerstin
Moshe
Strassberg
Abraham
Fishkind
Mark Schweid
Leon
Zeidenberg
Moshe
Strassberg
V. Gold
Moshe
Apteyker
M. A.
Minnie
Paulinger
Z. N.? |

KING SAUL (17 September
1925),
By Paul Heyse.
Translated into Yiddish
by Mark Schweid, music
by Boris Moross.
Starring Maurice
Schwartz as King Saul,
Lazar Freed (Jonathan),
Bella Bellarina
(Michal), Chaim Shneyer
(Prophet Samuel), Mark Schweid (David) et al.
At the Nora Bayes
Theatre, 44th Street,
West of Broadway (216 W.
44th St.)

SHAKESPEARE AND
COMPANY (19 October
1925),
By M. Charnoff
(pseudonym for Maurice
Schwartz). With Maurice
Schwartz, Miriam Elias,
Isadore Cashier et al.
At the Nora Bayes
Theatre, 44th Street,
West of Broadway (216 W.
44th St.)

DER LUFT MENTSH
(6 November 1925),
by Semyon Yushkevich.
Directed by L. Sniegoff.

DER KRAYD-TSIRKL (The
Chalk Circle) (December
1925)
Chinese drama by Li
Qianfu, based on German
adaptation by Klabund,
translated into Yiddish
by M. Halpern, directed
by Maurice Schwartz.
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With Maurice
Schwartz,
Isidore
Cashier,
Miriam
Elias, Leah
Rosen, Mark
Schweid, Ben
Zvi Baratoff,
Bella
Bellarina,
Abraham
Teitelbaum,
Anna
Teitelbaum,
Jacob Mestel,
Ben Zion
Katz and
Moshe
(Morris)
Strassberg. |

A SHNIRL PERL (A String
of Pearls) (10 December
1925),
(per Marwick
Collection and
Zylbercweig)
by Sholem Asch

DER DYBUK (The Dybbuk) (January 1926),
By S. Ansky. Starring Maurice Schwartz, Lia Rosen, Jacob
Mestel, Isidore Cashier et al.

THE SAINT'S JOURNEY
(Der tzadiks nesie)
(21 January 1926),
By H. Sackler.
Scenery: Y. Foshko;
music: Y. Orenstein.
Starring Maurice
Schwartz, Lazar Freed,
Anna Teitelbaum et al.
Performed one time only.
photo: Chana Teitelbaum
and Lazar
Freed. |
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RAGS (Shmates) (March 1926)*,
By H. Leivick.
A Drama in three acts. At the Nora Bayes Theatre.
Mordechai Mazeh
Rochel-Leah (his wife)
Sadie (his daughter)
Annie (his daughter)
Harry (his son)
The Old Levy
Morris Levy
The Dein
The Poor Man
Avraham Malitz
Reb' Elyeh
Workers in the Rag-Shop:
Itze
Chaim
Getzel
Zalman
Jacob
Mathias
Nachum
Berel
Noah
Schmuel |
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Maurice Schwartz
Sara Gingold
Anna Appel
Anna Teitelbaum
Luther Adler
Isidore Casher
Emil Hersh?
Avraham Teitelbaum
Philip Sherman
Boris Weiner
Mark Schweid
Julius Adler
Chaim Shneyer
Jacob Mestel
Morris Strassberg
Bernard Gailling
Baruch Lumat
Emanuel Ferman
Michael Rosenberg
Abraham Spiegel
Boris Schmid |
The role of Mordechai Maze
alternately played by Ben-Zvi Baratoff.

TOBIAS THE DAIRYMAN (Tuviya
der milkhiger)
(29 August 1926),
Comedy-Drama in 3 acts
and 5 scenes by Sholem
Aleichem. Executive
Staff: Martin Schwartz
and Meyer Golub.
Managers. Lewis Kasten
and Joseph Grossman,
Treasurers. Leon
Hoffman, Yiddish Press
Representative. Nat
Dorfman and Ben Holtzman,
English Publicity. Stage
Staff: Joseph
Schwartzberg and
Ben-Zion Katz, Stage
Managers. Technical
Staff: Mark Lawson, Andy
Van Walken and Julius
Screiber, Technicians.
Julius Levy, Master
Carpenter. David Gold,
Master Electrician. Sam
Wolinsky, Master of
Properties. Art
Department: Boruch
Aranson, Mark Lawson,
Robert Van Rosen, Joseph
Cutler, Zune Maud, Jack
Soble and Benjamin
Isaacson. Maurice
Schwartz, Director.
Louis N. Jaffe, Lessor.
Anbord Theatre Corp.,
Lessees. At the Yiddish
Art Theatre, 12th Street
and Second Avenue.
Tevya
Golda, his
wife
Zeitel,
their
daughter
Chave, their
daughter
Shendele,
Zeitel's
daughter
Shloymale,
Zeitel's son
Mikita
Fedia, his
son
Father
Alexai
Mayor of the
village
His deputy
Constable
Zazulia |
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Maurice
Schwartz
Bina
Abramowitz
Bertha
Gersten
Celia Adler
Leah Toppel
Leah
Rosenzweig
Pinchos
Sherman
Wolf
Goldfadden
Isidor
Cashier
Morris
Silberkasten
Michael
Rosenberg
I. Segalov
Bernard
Geiling |
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photo:
Maurice
Schwartz,
as Teyva. |

THE GREAT FORTUNE (Di
groyse gevins)
(1926-7),
A comedy in 4 acts, by
Sholem Aleichem.
Executive Staff: Martin
Schwartz and Mayer Golub.
Lewis Kasten and Joseph
Grossman, Treasurers.
Leon Hoffman, Yiddish
Press Representative.
Nat Dorfman and Ben
Holtzman, English Press
Representatives. Stage
Staff: Joseph
Schwartzberg and
Ben-Zion Katz, Stage
Managers. Technical
Staff: Mark Lawson, Andy
Van Walken and Julius
Screiber, Technicians.
Julius Levy, Master
Carpenter. David Gold,
Master Electrician. Sam
Wolinsky, Master of
Properties. Art
Department: Boruch
Aranson, Mark Lawson,
Robert Van Rosen, Joseph
Cutler, Zune Maud, Jack
Soble and Benjamin
Isaacson. At the Yiddish
Art Theatre, 12th Street
and Second Avenue.
Shimile
Soroker, a
tailor
Ete Mone,
his wife
Bailke,
their
daughter
Apprentice
tailor
Apprentice
tailor
Solomon Fine
a landlord
Coltun, his
secretary
Perl, a
baker
A Matchmaker
(Shadchen)
Asher Fine
Golde, his
wife
Mendel, a
servant
Himmelfarb,
a bookkeeper
The entire
action
occurs in a
small town
in eastern
Russia. |
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Maurice
Schwartz
Anna Appel
Bertha
Gerston
Lazar Fried
Abraham
Teitelbaum
Wolf
Goldfaden
Jacob Cohen
Bina
Abramowitz
Morris
Silbercasten
Boris Winer
Sonia Radina
Isidore
Cashier
Philip
Sherman |

THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
(Dos tsente gebot) (11 November 1926),
By Abraham Goldfaden. In Two Parts. A fantasy with music in a prologue and three acts and
sixteen scenes,
adapted and directed by Maurice Schwartz; Settings and costumes
by Boruch Aronson; Music by Joseph Achron. Adapted from the
play by Abraham
Goldfaden. Incidental score by Abraham Goldfaden.
Ballet directed by Michael Fokine; Lazar Weiner--Conductor.
Masks-Jacob Sobel.
Executive Staff: Martin
Schwartz and Mayer Golub.
Lewis Kasten and Joseph
Grossman, Treasurers.
Leon Hoffman, Yiddish
Press Representative.
Nat Dorfman and Ben
Holtzman English Press
Representatives. Stage
Staff: Joseph
Schwartzberg and
Ben-Zion Katz, Stage
Managers. Technical
Staff: Mark Lawson, Andy
Van Walken and Julius
Screiber, Technicians.
Julius Levy, Master
Carpenter. David Gold,
Master Electrician. Sam
Wolinsky, Master of
Properties. Art
Department: Boruch
Aranson, Mark Lawson,
Robert Van Rosen, Joseph
Cutler, Zune Maud, Jack
Soble and Benjamin
Isaacson. Ninth Season,
1926-7. At
the Yiddish Art Theatre, 12th Street and Second Avenue, i.e. 189 Second Avenue (Twelfth Street and
Second Avenue). Louis N. Jaffe, Lessor, Anbord Theatre Corp.,
Lessees.
Ahitophel, the Devil;
A French Woman;
A Teamster
The Angel;
Friedel, a Valet
A Guest
Peretz, the Hassid
Fruma
The Old Grandmother
Ludwig
Mathilda, his wife
Clementine, the Maid
Dr. Pleifer
The Brothers Hexel
General Flederwish
The General's Wife
Banker von Blotte
His Wife
The Priest
The Reformed Rabbi
Schprintza
A Palestinian Jew
Fritz, a Waiter
Hell's Furnace Tender
A Coal Miner
A Building Contractor
A Laundry Worker
A Dead Laundry Worker
A Theatre Director
A Playwright
A General in Hades
An Elevator Boy |
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Maurice Schwartz
Lazar Freed
Joseph Buloff
Celia Adler
Bina Abramowitz
Abraham Teitelbaum
Bertha Gersten
Anna Teitelbaum
Ben-Zvi Baratoff
Pincus Sherman
Jacob Greenberg
Abraham Kubansky
Minnie Paulinger
Boruch Lumat
Sonya Radina
Wolff Goldfadden
Boris Weiner
Anna Appel
Abraham Fishkind
Pincus Sherman
Morris Silberkasten
Wolff Goldfadden
Isidore Cashier
Boruch Lumet
M. Rosenberg
Jacob Cohen
Abraham Kubansky
Eugene Sigaloff
Isaac Rothblum |
Goblins: B. Gailing,
S. Ruskin, D. Pickholtz, I. Rothblum, B. Lumet, H.
Wolkoff, M. Kaufman.
The Ladies of the Kosher
Dance: M. Paulinger, D. Itzkowitz, S. Preven, H.
Bulgatch.
German Officers: E.
Sigaloff, V. Babrov, L. Rettich, M. Yachson, M.
Rosenberg, M. Tauber, J. Wexler, M. August, J. Soble,
H. Josephi.
German Ladies: F. Tausch,
S. Razof, R. Goldstein, M. Babrov, D. Itzkowitz, T.
Herman, L. Stein, S. Rachlin, A. White, S. Rettich,
T. Feibush.
The Snuff Tobacco Jews:
Jacob Soble, Boris Weiner, Simeon Ruskin, Bernard
Gailing, Moses Tauber, Isaac Rothblum, Boruch Lumet,
Michel Rosenberg, Mordecai Yachson.
Matrons: S. Radina, M.
Babrov, F. Tausch, D. Itzkowitz, S. Rachlin, M.
Paulinger.
Coal Miners: M. Yachson,
M. Tauber, P. Sherman, M. August, A. Massman.
Laundry Workers: M.
Rosenberg, H. Josephi, J. Greenberg, L. Rettich.
Persons in Paradise: The
Messiah, the Queen of Sheba, the Hassidic Rabbi and
his Gabai, a Usurer, a Gambler, King Solomon, a
Capitalist, a Merchant, a Cantor, a Butcher, Judges,
Waiters, Waitresses, an Amazon, a Beauty, Aunt
Yenta, Professional Charity Worker.
Settings built and
painted under the supervision of Mr. Mark Lawson.
Properties built by Sam Wolinsky and Adolph Uman.
Wigs by Zauder Bros. Masks--Jack Soble. |

MENDEL SPIVACK (23 December 1926),
By Semion Yushkevich. A play in 3 acts. Translated from the
Russian by Lazar Fried. Directed by Maurice Schwartz. Settings
by Alexander Chertoff. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 12th Street and
Second Avenue. Louis N. Jaffe, Lessor: Anbord Theatre Corp.,
Lessee. Second Production. Ninth Season.
Mendel
Spivack, a
Watchman at
a Hospital
Hannah'le,
his Wife
Miriam, his
Mother
Zivyah, his
sister
David Mayer,
Zivyah's
Husband
Yankele
Aunt Nehamah
Peshka
Bloomka
Mr. Flax,
Superintendent
of a
Hospital
Mme. Flax
Moishele, a
Fiddler
Schaike, a
Cobbler
Mani Gittel,
his wife
Myron
Bentzi
Keva
Sonya
Bertha
Zavel, a
Musician
Feivel
Hannah
Scene: A
Suburb of
Odessa |
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Maurice
Schwartz
Celia Adler
Sonya Radina
Anna Appel
Isidor
Cashier
Lea
Rosenzweig
Bina
Abramowitz
Bertha
Gersten
Luba Kadison
Wolf
Goldfadden
Miriam
Bobroff
Bernard
Gelling
Joseph
Buloff
Anna
Teitelbaum
Boris Weiner
Philip
Sherman
Michael
Rosenberg
Minnie
Pollinger
Ruth
Goldstein
M. Greenberg
Abraham
Kubansky
Mrs.
Goldberg |
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photo:
Bernard
Geiling,
as Moishele,
a Fiddler. |

HER CRIME (Ir farbrekhn) (4 February 1927),
By Dr. M. J. (Moissaye Joseph)
Olgin.
A Drama in three acts. Directed by Maurice
Schwartz; Settings by Boris Aronson; Painted by Alex Chertov.
Lydia Michalovna Zubova
Matvey
Anatoly Georgiewich Kurbsky
Masha
Choliovin
Kolianov
Vasily
Schpitalnikov
Singer
Antoniuk
Adjutant
First Officer
Second Officer
Writer
Chief of Police
Priest
Lawyer
Merchant
Peasant
Peasant Woman
Peasant Girl
Young Man with eye-glasses
Red Army Soldier with bandaged hand
One Legged Red Army Soldier
Cook
Working Girl in Red Kerchief
Man with Whiskers |
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Bertha Gersten
Wolf Goldfadden
Maurice Schwartz
Liuba Kadison
Joseph Bulov
Lazar Freed
Abraham Teitelbaum
Jacob Cone
Anna Teitelbaum
Abraham Kubansky
Morris Silberkasten
Boris Weiner
Abraham Kubansky
Borech Lumet
Jacob Greenberg
Philip Sherman
Mordechai Yachsen
Abraham Fishkind
Michael Rosenberg
Sonia Radina
Miriom Bobrov
Borech Lumet
Boris Weiner
Isidore Cashier
Michael Rosenberg
Sonia Radina
Philip Sherman |
Soldiers, Red Army Men,
Red Army Women,
Workingmen, Working
Women.
Action takes
place in the Summer of
1919, in a Russian City,
South of Moscow.

REV. DOCTOR ZILBER
(3 March 1927),
a drama in 3 acts and 4
scenes by Sholem Asch.
Directed by Maurice
Schwartz. Scenery by
Alex Chertoff.
Dr. Solomon
Zilber, a
Reverend
Clara Zilber,
his wife
Rebecca
Zilber, his
mother
Mr.
Rubinstein,
a musician
Mr. Fuchs
Mr.
Hartsfeld
Mr.
Ziltzberg
Mrs. Altman
Mrs.
Seligfeld |
|
Maurice
Schwartz
Celia Adler
Anna Appel
Wolf
Goldfaden
Lazar Freed
Abraham
Teitelbaum
Morris
Silberkasten
Anna
Teitelbaum
Sonia Radina |

HUMAN DUST (Menschen
shtoib)
(25 March 1927),
By Ossip Dymov. A Comedy
in three acts and eleven
scenes. Scenes by Ossip
Dymow. Directed by
Maurice Schwartz. Settings
designed by Boruch Aronson.
The Scenery for the play
painted by Alexander
Chertoff. Music by
Vladimir Heifitz.
Betty
Her Mother
Her Father
Lizzie
Teddy
Washburn
Oliver
Jack
Millie
A Policeman
A Detective
A Chinaman
An Old Woman
Joe
Sidney
Edward,
Betty's
brother
J. W.
Kilbett
Emmy, Joe's
Aunt
A
Messenger-Boy
Mrs.
Goldberg
Mrs.
Hazelwasser
Mrs.
Maladesta
Scene--New
York;
Time--Present. |
|
Celia Adler
Anna Appel
Lazar Freed
Bertha
Gersten
Morris
Silberkasten
Joseph
Buloff
Boruch Lumet
Luba Kadison
Pinchus
Sherman
Isidore
Cashier
Isaac
Rothblum
Sonya Radina
Maurice
Schwartz
Ben-Zvi
Baratoff
Wolf
Goldfaden
Abraham
Kubansky
Bina
Abramowitz
Simeon
Ruskin
Sonya Radina
Jeanette
Zemell
Esther
Latainer |

WOLVES (revival) (March
1927)*,
By Romain Rolland. A play in three acts. Jewish
version by L. Blumenfeld.
Music by Peter Engels.
Settings by A. Chertov.
Direction by Maurice
Schwartz. Louis N.
Jaffe, Lessor. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre,
12th Street and Second
Avenue.
Quesnel
Teulier
Verrat
d'Oryon |
|
Ben Zwi
Baratoff
Maurice
Schwartz
Isidor
Cashier
Morris
Silberkasten |

Greenberg's
Daughters
(5 September 1927),
By Morris Adershleger.
A Drama in three acts.
Directed by Maurice
Schwartz; Settings by
Joseph Siegfried.
At the Yiddish Art
Theatre, 189 Second
Avenue (Twelfth Street
and Second Avenue). J. Rovenger,
General Manager; M.
Golub, Business Manager.
Zalmon
Greenberg, a
butcher
Sarah, his
wife
Esther, his
daughter
Bessie, his
daughter
Aaron, his
uncle
Hennie,
Aaron's wife
Dave
Levinson
Max ("Mike")
Bernstein, a
prize
fighter
Mr.
Levinson,
Dave's
father
Mrs.
Wechsler
Mr.
Lefkowittz
Lena
A Painter
A Boy
photo,
right:
Morris
Strassberg,
as the
painter. |
|
Maurice
Schwartz
Anna Appel
Bertha
Gerston
Anna
Teitelbaum
Lazar Freed
Bina
Abramowitz
Morris
Silberkasten
Yechiel
Goldsmith
Wolf
Goldfaden
Rebecca Lesh
Jacob
Goldstein
Henrietta
Schnitzer
Morris
Schtrassberg
Bernie
Mishbin |
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THE GARDENER'S DOG (20 October 1927),
From the Spanish
of Lope de Vega, adapted by B. S. Glagolin and translated into
Yiddish by Harry Bransky. A comedy in "three days and three nights." Staged by Mr. Glagolin; settings by A.
Soudeiktin; produced by Maurice Schwartz. At the Yiddish Art
Theatre, 189 Second
Avenue (Twelfth Street
and Second Avenue).
Octavio
Tristan
Theodore
Diana
Fabio
Marquis Ricardo
Count Frederic
Celio
Leonido
Count Lodovico
Camilo
Statue of Madonna |
|
Morris Silberkasten
Wolf Goldfaden
Maurice Schwartz
Bertha Gerstin
Abraham Teitelbaum
Morris Strassberg
Lazar Freed
Ben Zion Katz
Jacob Goldstein
Jechiel Goldsmith
Samuel Lehrer
Armuta Berg |

THE GOLD DIGGERS (Di
goldgreber) (18 November
1927),
a Comedy in Four Acts by Sholem Aleichem. Adapted for the stage by I. D.
Berkowitz. Directed by Maurice Schwartz; music by Herman Zaretzky.
Settings by Sam Ostrowsky. Painted by Michael Salzman. Executive
Staff: Maurice Schwartz, Director. Jacob Rovenger, General Manager.
Mayer Golub, Business Manager. May Strassberg, Anna Schwartz,
Treasurers. Harry Greenblatt, Press Representative. Frank
Rovenger, Rep. Benefit Department. Stage Staff: Joseph
Schwarzberg and Ben-Zion Katz, Stage Managers. Technical Staff:
Louis Yeger, Master Carpenter. David Gold, Master Electrician.
George Nemser, Master Properties. Charles Gardner,
Superintendent. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 12th Street and
Second Avenue.
Levi Mosgovoyer, a prominent
man in town
Bath-Sheba, his wife
Esther, their daughter
Benny Ben, Bath-Sheba's nephew, a visitor from America
Zelda, a maid at the Mosgovoyers' home
Iddel Torba, a rich money changer and widower
Itzik, his son, a school boy
Nissi, president of the Cold Synagogue
Lazar Wolf, president of the Butchers' Synagogue
Shimmon Elia, president of the Tailors' Synagogue
Feiga Leah, Nissi's wife
Elka, a poor widow
Holoveshka, a renegade Jew and policeman
Wloclawski, Polish steward of a nobleman's estate
Sholom Shadchen, a marriage broker
Avremela Melamed, a Hebrew teacher
Aryeh, a sexton
An Old Gold Digger
A Young Gold Digger
The Chorister
Townspeople, Gold Diggers, etc.
The action takes place in a
Volhynian town at the end of the last century. |
|
Maurice Schwartz
Bina Abramowitz
Bertha Gersten
Lazar Freed
Anna Teitelbaum
Jechiel Goldsmith
Benny Mazbin
Morris Silberkasten
Morris Strassberg
Jacob Mestel
Rebecca Lesh
Anna Appel
Wolf Goldfaden
Abraham Teitelbaum
Jacob Goldstein
Ben Zion Katz
Michael Gibson
Israel Shein
Jacob Malinowsky
Lazar Freed |
|

photo, top:
Wolf Goldfaden,
as Holoveska. |

photo:
Maurice Schwartz, as Levi Mosgovoyer. |

ON FOREIGN SOIL (30 December 1927),
a play in three acts by Saint Andrea. Direction of Maurice
Schwartz. At the Yiddish Art Theatre.
Isadore Cohen
Ada
Baron Salini
Marquetti
Baronesa Sergi
Filippo
Dr. Galli
Don Cl.............
Teresa |
|
Maurice Schwartz
Bertha Gersten
Morris Silberkasten
Jechiel Goldsmith
Henrietta Shnitzer
Wolf Goldfaden
Morris Strassberg
Lazar Freed
Bina Abramowitz |

THE GREAT FORTUNE (Di groyse
gevins) (17 January 1928)*,
A Comedy in 4 Acts, by Sholem Aleichem. Executive Staff: Maurice
Schwartz, Director. Jacob Rovenger, General Manager. Anna Schwartz,
Treasurer. Harry Greenblatt, Press Representative. Frank
Rovenger, Rep. Benefit Department. Stage Staff: Joseph
Schwarzberg and Ben-Zion Katz, Stage Managers. Technical Staff:
Louis Yeger, Master Carpenter. David Gold, Master Electrician.
George Nemser, Master Properties. Charles Gardner,
Superintendent. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 12th Street and
Second Avenue.
Shimile
Soroker, a
tailor
Ete Mone,
his wife
Bailke,
their
daughter
Apprentice
tailor
Apprentice
tailor
Solomon
Fine, a
landlord
Coltun, his
secretary
Perl, a
baker
A Matchmaker
(Shadchen)
Asher Fine
Golde, his
wife
Mendel, a
servant
Himmelfarb,
a bookkeeper
The entire
action
occurs in a
small town
in eastern
Russia. |
|
Maurice
Schwartz
Anna Appel
Bertha
Gerston
Lazar Fried
Abraham
Teitelbaum
Wolf
Goldfaden
Jechiel
Goldsmith
Sophie
Nadolsky
Morris
Silbercasten
Jacob
Goldstein
Rebecca Lesh
Morris
Strassberg
Jacob Sobel |

ALEXANDER PUSHKIN (26
January 1928),
a Tragedy in Four Acts, translated by Abraham Armband from the
Italian of Valentino Carrera. Directed and staged by Maurice Schwartz;
settings by M. Salzman. Executive Staff: Maurice Schwartz,
Director. Jacob Rovenger, General Manager. Anna Schwartz,
Treasurer. Harry Greenblatt, Press Representative. Frank
Rovenger, Rep. Benefit Department. Stage Staff: Joseph
Schwarzberg and Ben-Zion Katz, Stage Managers. Technical Staff:
Louis Yeger, Master Carpenter. David Gold, Master Electrician.
George Nemser, Master Properties. Charles Gardner,
Superintendent. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 12th Street and
Second Avenue.
Alexander Pushkin
Mitidinka
Anna Goncharov
Natalia, their daughter
Maria, her daughter
Baron George d'Anthes
Zhukowsky
Ramberg
An Officer
Serge
Ghirel
Eblis
Gulistan
Zaremo
A number of other gypsies. |
|
Maurice Schwartz
Berta Gerstin
Anna Appel
Henrietta Schnitzer
Anna Teitelbaum
Wolf Goldfaden
Lazar Freed
Abraham Teitelbaum
Michael Gibson
Morris Strassberg
Jechiel Goldsmith
Morris Silberkasten
Rebecca Lesh
Jacob Goldstein |
Gypsy chorus under the
direction of Andray
Solomo.

AMERICAN CHASIDIM (Amerikaner
khasidim) (1 March
1928),
By Chone Gottesfeld. Comedy in 3 acts. Executive Staff: Maurice Schwartz, Director. Jacob Rovenger, General Manager. Anna Schwartz, Treasurer. Harry
Greenblatt, Press Representative. Leon Bloomenfeld, English
Publicity. Frank Rovenger, Rep. Benefit Department. Stage Staff:
Joseph Schwartzberg and Ben-Zion Katz, Stage Managers. Technical
Staff: Louis Yeger, Master Carpenter. David Gold, Master
Electrician. George Nemser, Master Properties. Charles Gardner,
Superintendent. M. Golub, Business Manager.
At the Yiddish Art Theatre, Second Avenue and Twelfth Street.
Isaac Green
Sarah, his
wife
Milton,
their son
Sadie, their
daughter
Leizer,
Isaac's
father
Baile-Bashe,
Isaac's
mother
Charles Flih,
a lawyer
Bernard
Weiss
Fannie, his
wife
Jean, their
daughter
Sam
Rabbi David
News
Reporter
Brother
Pomeranz
Brother
Pomeranz
A girl
A girl
Representative
of the
Anshei Bnei
Jacob
A pugilist
Shochat from
Bensonhurst
A bearded
Jew
Mr. Fisher
Mr.
Lieberman
The action
takes place
in Sea Gate,
in Isaac
green's
house |
|
Jechiel
Goldsmith
Anna Appel
Morris
Silberkasten
Bertha
Gerston
Abraham
Teitelbaum
Bina
Abramowitz
Maurice
Schwartz
Wolf
Goldfaden
Rebecca Lesh
Henrietta
Shnitzer
Zwie
Schooler
Lazar Freed
Jacob
Goldstein
Sam Lehrer
P. Sherman
B. Mizbin
D. Stein
I. Berezin
Theodore
Kaminker
Morris
Strassberg
Mordecai
Gibson
Samuel Cohn
Max
Malinovsky |

KIDUSH HASHEM (14
September 1928),
an Historical Drama in three acts and seventeen scenes. Stage
Version and Direction by Maurice Schwartz.
Incidental Music by Joseph Acron; Settings by S. Ostrowsky;
Painted by A. Chertov; Dances by Charles Adler. Executive Staff:
Joseph M. Grossman and
Leon Hofman, Managers;
May Strassberg,
Treasurer; Arthur Kober,
Press Representative;
Alex Chertov, Scenic
Artist. Stage Staff:
Joseph Schwartzberg,
Librarian; Ben-Zion
Katz, Stage Manager.
Technical Staff: Herman
Grossman, Master
Carpenter; David Gold,
Master Electrician;
George Nemser, Master
Properties; I. Misbin,
Superintendent. At the Yiddish
Art Theatre, 114 East
14th Street, near Union Square.
The Voice
Stepan Kvatkov,
Greek-Orthodox Priest of Zlochov
Mendel, Tavern Keeper of Zlochov
Shlomele, His Only Son--As a Child
Shlomele, As a Grown-Up
Marusha, Cossack servant-maid in Mendel's Household
The Little Tailor
Yocheved, His Wife
Pan Konitz-Polski, Lord of Zlochov, Chihirin and Nemirov
A Blonde Girl (Alternate)
A Blonde Girl (Alternate)
The Girl Dancer
A Servant at the Castle of Pan Konitzpolski
Hayim Mottel, Jewish Band Master
Hillel, Mendel's Driver
Hayim, Watchman of Zlochov and the town's wrong man
Reb Zechariah, Parners of Chihirin
Reb Yechiel Michel, Rabbi of Nemirov
Reb Yonah, Parnes of Nemirov
Sha'ar Tzedek, Rabbi of Zlochov
Reb Jacob, Refugee
Reb Simeon Ostropolier, Preacher of Polno
Sha'ar Tzedek's Wife
Debora, Her Only Daughter--As a Child
Debora, As a Grown-Up
A Young Cossack with a Baby
First Cossack
Second Cossack
Third Cossack
A Peasant Girl
Berachiah, Tavern Keeper
Reb Yecheskel of Kolsk
Two Messengers from Karsen
A Jew
Pan Kashnitzki
Krivonos, Chmielnitzki's Chief Lieutenant
A Witch
Ivan Zalko
Yerem, A Cossack
Krilko, His Uncle
Duke Tchetwertynsky
Count Zamoyski |
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Miriam Ellias
Louis Waisberg
Yechiel Goldsmith
Hirsh Seidman
Joseph Greenberg
Liza Silbert
Maurice Schwartz
Bina Abramovitz
Ben-Zvi Barattoff
Dorothy Baron
Edis Philips
Daisy De Meyer
Abraham Boretsky
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Michael Rosenberg
Victor Pecker/Gershon Rubin
N. B. Samuiloff
Lazar Freed
Morris Strassberg
Morris Silberkasten
Boris Weiner
Miriam Elias
Sonia Gurskaya
Rose Ellenberg
Celia Adler
Isaak (Isa) Greenberg
Abraham Kubansky
G. Michael
Ben-Zion Katz
Anna Teitelbaum
Elisha
Mintz
Michael Rosenberg
S. Gladstein
I. Roug(h)berg
W. Boris
S. Weinstein
Max Rosenthal
Jeanett Semel
Pincus Sherman
Anatole Winogradov
Michael Gibson
M. Lerer
M. Mayer |
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Polish
Noblemen, Polish Ladies, Jews, Jewesses, Jewish
Children, Cossacks, Synagogue Choir Singers,
Musicians, Hayim Motel's Band, Polish Soldiers,
Trumpeteers, Wagoner, Tartars, Ukrainian Peasants
and Peasant Lads, Church Choir Singer and Polish
Jewish Guards at the Fortress.
The
Jewish Band--Sholem Aleichem Ensemble: P. Feigin, G.
Schwiler, M. Gelbard, B. Zwilling, H. Rothperl, M.
Poznansky.
The
action of the play takes place in the Ukraine on the
eve of, and during the great Cossack uprising in 1648
under the leadership of Bogdan Cznielnitzki. |

HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (Der vos
krigt di petsh) (15 October 1928),
a play in 4 acts, by Leonid Andreyev. Translated and staged by
Abraham Morewsky (by arrangement with the Theatre Guild).
Scenery--technically executed and painted by Alex Chertov, after the
sketches by S. Ostrowsky.
c/c: Celia Adler, Lazar Freed, Abraham Morewsky, M. B. Samuiloff,
Anna Teitelbaum, Anatole Winogradoff, Max Rosenthal, Morris
Strassberg, Morris Silberkasten, Anna Silberman, Feige Benjamin,
Louis Weisberg, Marie Kaufman, Michael Gibson, Abraham Kubansky,
Pincus Sherman.

RAGS (Shmates)
(18 October
1928)*,
By H. Leivick. A Play in three acts. Direction: Abraham
Morewsky. Executive Staff: Joseph M. Grossman and Leon
Hoffman, Managers;
May Strassberg,
Treasurer; Arthur Kober,
Press Representative;
Alex Chertov, Scenic
Artist. Stage Staff:
Joseph Schwartzberg,
Librarian; Ben-Zion
Katz, Stage Manager.
Technical Staff: Herman
Grossman, Master
Carpenter; David Gold,
Master Electrician;
George Nemser, Master
Properties; I. Misbin,
Superintendent. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 14th Street and
Union Square, New York.
Mordechai Maaze
Rochel Leah, his wife
Sadie, their
daughter
Annie, their
daughter
Harry, their
son
Alter Levi
Morris Levy, his son
A Foreman
Abraham
Malitz
Reb Elyeh
Dayen
Itze
The
Stutterer
Chaim
Zalman
Jacob
Mothye
Nahum
Berel
Israel |
|
Abraham
Morewsky
Bina
Abramowitz
Lisa Silbert
Anna
Teitelbaum
Joseph
Greenberg
Morris
Silberkasten
Simon
Goldstein
Pincus
Sherman
Jechiel
Goldsmith
Michael
Rosenberg
M. B.
Samuiloff
Lazar Freed
Anatol
Vinogradof
Louis
Weissberg
Morris
Strassberg
Boris Weiner
E. Minz
Abraham
Kubansky
Abraham
Boretsky
M. Gibson |

GHOSTS (Di gayster)
(18 October 1928),
By Henrik Ibsen.
A play in three acts.
Direction: Maurice
Schwartz.
Helena
Alving
Oswald
Alving, her
son, a
painter
Pastor
Mandes
Jacob
Engstrand, a
carpenter
Regina
Engstrand |
|
Anna Appel
Maurice
Schwartz
Wolf
Goldfaden
Isidor
Cashier
Berta
Gerstin |

THE CHERRY ORCHARD (20 November 1928),
By Anton Tchekov. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Translated by Kolia
Tepper. Directed by Leo
Bulgakov (of the Moscow
Art Theatre). Settings
by Alex Chertov. Wigs by
Zauder Bros., Costumes
by Meth & Gropper. At
the Yiddish Art Theatre, 14th Street and Union Square, New York.
In celebration of the
Moscow Art Theatre.
(3164)
Lopahin (Yermolay
Alexeyevitch)
Dunyasha, a
maid
Epihodov (Semyon
Pantalevyevitch)
Firs, an old
valet, aged
87
Madame
Ranevsky (Lobov
Andreyevna),
the owner of
the Cherry
Orchard
Anya, her
daughter,
aged 17
Varya, her
adopted
daughter,
aged 24
Charlotta
Ivanovna, a
governess
Gaev (Leonid
Andreyevich),
brother of
Mdme.
Ranevsky
Semyonov-Pishtchik,
a landowner
Yasha, a
young valet
Trofimov (Pyotr
Sergeyevitch),
a student
A Tramp
The Station
Master
A Post
Office Clerk
Visitor
A Student
Another
Student |
|
Ben-Zvi
Baratoff
Anna
Teitelbaum
Gershon
Rubin
Abraham
Morewsky
Helen
Zelinskaya/Miriam
Elias
Anna
Zilberman
Sonia
Gurskaya
Celia Adler
Maurice
Adler
Louis
Weisberg
Jechiel
Goldsmith
Lazar Freed
M. B.
Samuiloff
Abraham
Kubansky
Michael
Gibson
Pincus
Scherman
Joseph
Greenberg
Polia Houser |

SUCCESS (Sukses) (10 December 1928),
By Moishe Nadir, a
Comedy in Three Acts.
Staged by Maurice
Schwartz. Executive Staff: Joseph
M. Grossman, Leon
Hoffman, Managers; May
Strassberg, Treasurer.
Stage Staff: Joseph
Schwartzberg, Librarian;
Ben-Zion Katz, Stage
Manager. Technical
Staff: Alex Chertov,
Scenic Artist; Herman
Grossman, Master
Carpenter; David Gold,
Master Electrician;
George Nemser, Master
Properties; I. Mishin,
Superintendent. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre, 114
East 14th Street, Near
Union Square.
Pro-prologue
David
Ashkanazie
Madame
Askanazie
Their child,
five years
old
S. Brener
David
Shapiro,
chairman of
the jubilee
L. Berger, a
reporter
Lazar
Buchbinder,
a journalist
Zishe
Kazatskie, a
youg poet
Yohne
Morlick
Sonia
Nina
Dr. Chirick
A committee
from the
Dramatic
Club
Children
from the
National
Radical
School
And
Restaurant
keeper
First waiter
Second
waiter
Place of
action: In a
vegetarian
restaurant;
Ashkanazie's
home in New
York |
|
Michael
Rosenberg
Gershon
Rubin
Liza Silbert
Rose
Ellenberg
Anatol
Winogradoff
Maurice
Schwartz
M. B.
Samuiloff
Morris
Strassberg
Lazar Freed
Ben Zvee
Baratoff
Anna
Teitelbaum
Celia Adler
Maurice
Schwartz
E. Mintz
M.
Pogarelsky
The People
Louis
Weissberg
Michael
Rosenberg
Michael
Gibson |

GOD, MAN AND THE DEVIL
(Got, mentsh un teyvl)
(21 December 1928),
By Jacob Gordin. A Drama in Three Acts and Four Scenes. Play
revised and directed by
Maurice Schwartz.
Scenery by Mordecai
Gorelik, painted by Alex
Chertov. Costumes by Zuni
Maud and Yosel Cuttler;
Music by Joseph Brody.
Executive Staff: Joseph
M. Grossman, Leon
Hoffman, Managers; May
Strassberg, Treasurer.
Stage Staff: Joseph
Schwartzberg, Librarian;
Ben-Zion Katz, Stage
Manager. Technical
Staff: Alex Chertov,
Scenic Artist; Herman
Grossman, Master
Carpenter; David Gold,
Master Electrician;
George Nemser, Master
Properties; I. Mishin,
Superintendent. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre, 114
East 14th Street, Near
Union Square.
Hersh
Dubrovner, a
scribe
Pesse, his
wife
Freide,
their niece
and ward
Zippa, their
niece and
ward
Leizer,
Hersh's
father, a
retired
wedding bard
Hatzkel, a
weaver
Dobba, his
wife
Motel, their
only son
Uriel Masik
Weavers
employed in
Hersh's
prayer-shawl
factory:
Berl Laptuch
Zerach
Schmayeh
Welvel
Elyeh
Shaikeh
Gdalyeh
MIchael
Schabsai
Getzel
Tanchum
Manachem
Abraham
Government
officer |
|
Lazar Freed
Miriam Elias
Celia Adler
Anna
Teitelbaum
Gershon
Rubin
Morris
Strassberg/Abraham
Morevsky
Liza Silbert
Joseph
Greenberg
Maurice
Schwartz
Louis
Weissberg
Pincus
Sherman
Boris Weiner
Michael
Rosenberg
Edward Mintz
Abraham
Kubansky
Michael
Gibson
Louis
Schindler
Isidore
Glickman
B. Gantz
Sam Liner
Robert Frank
Irving
Belchinsky
Hyman
Wolkoff |
The
action
takes
place in
Dubrovna,
a small
province
of
Mohilev,
Russia. |

VICTOR CHENKIN--MAURICE
SCHWARTZ--PERFORMANCE (17
January 1929/first Chenkin appearance
January 7),
Executive Staff: Joseph
M. Grossman and Leon
Hoffman, Managers;
May Strassberg,
Treasurer. Stage Staff:
Joseph Schwartzberg,
Librarian; Ben-Zion
Katz, Stage Manager.
Technical Staff: Alex
Chertov, Scenic Artist. Herman
Grossman, Master
Carpenter; David Gold,
Master Electrician;
George Nemser, Master
Properties; I. Misbin,
Superintendent.
PART ONE:
THE MARRIAGE
PROPOSAL
Comedy in
One Act, by
Anton
Checkov
Translated
by A.
Frumkin
Directed by
Maurice
Schwartz
Stepan
Steponovitch
Tchubikov
Natalia
Stepanovna,
his daughter
Ivan
Vasilitch
Lomav
PART TWO:
SONGS OF A
FOOL (Victor
Chenkin)
CHARLES
FLEISHMAN,
Violinist,
accompanied
by Irene
Davis
ITALIAN
SONGS
(Victor
Chenkin)
CHARLES
FLEISHMAN,
Violinist,
accompanied
by Irene
Davis
JEWISH-CHASSIDIC
SONGS
(Victor
Chenkin)
PART
THREE:
UKRAINIAN
SONGS
(Victor
Chenkin)
CHARLES
FLEISHMAN,
Violinist,
accompanied
by Irene
Davis
CAUCASIAN
SONGS
(Victor
Chenkin)
PART
FOUR:
THE GREAT
FORTUNE,
Direction:
Maurice
Schwartz.
Shimele
Soroker, a
tailor
Ete Mone,
his wife
Bailke,
their
daughter
Apprentice
tailor
Apprentice
tailor
Solomon
Fine, a
landlord
Coltun, his
secretary
Pearl, a
baker
A Matchmaker
(shadchen)
Himmelfarb,
a bookkeeper
The action
occurs in a
small town
in Eastern
Russia. |
|
Gershon
Rubin
Celia Adler
Maurice
Schwartz
in different
languages
Maurice
Schwartz
Liza Silbert
Celia Adler
Lazar Freed
Anatol
Winogradoff
Michael
Gibson
Morris
Strassberg
Bina
Abramovitz
Morris
Silberkasten
Pincus
Sherman |

SHAKESPEARE'S OTHELLO (3 February 1929),
a tragedy in three acts and twelve scenes, adapted for the
Yiddish stage by Mark Schweid. Staged by Boris S. Glagolin and
Anatol Winogradoff; choreography by Charles Adler; settings by
Alex Chertov and costumes by Bobri. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre.
Duke of Venice
Brabantio
Lodovico
Othello
Cassio
Iago
Roderigo
Montano
Clown
A Sailor
Desdemona
Emilia
Blanca
A Little Girl
A Dancer |
|
M. B. Samuylov
Max Rosenthal
Morris Strassberg
Ben Zvi Baratoff
Anatol Winogradoff
Maurice Schwartz
Joseph Greenberg
Louis Weissberg
Michael Rosenberg
Michael Gibson
Celia Adler
Miriam Elias
Faiga Benjamin
Harriet Katz
Ida Lanvin |

MAJOR NOAH (15 February 1929),
a play in three acts and four scenes by Harry Sackler. Directed
by Maurice Schwartz, settings by Alex Chertov. At the Yiddish
Art Theatre.
Mordecai Manuel Noah
Esther Jackson
Rev. Moses Peixotto
Shalom Levi David Almalya, envoy from Jerusalem
Aaron J. Phillips
Members of the Bachelors' Club:
Seixas
Pardo
Cardozo
Moses
Van Doran
Myra Bush
Anita Moses
Samuel Leggett
Rev. Addison Searle
Old Jackson
Bernard Hard
Black Hawk, Chief of an Indian Tribe
McIntyre
Sett Chapin |
|
Maurice Schwartz
Celia Adler
Max Rosenthal
Gershon Rubin
Ben Zvee Baratoff
Morris Silberkasten
Michael Rosenberg
Anatol Winogradoff
Pincus Scherman
M. B. Samuiloff
Zelda Lazar
Sonia Gurskaya
Lazar Freed
Morris Strassberg
Boris Weiner
Joseph Greenberg
Michael Gibson
Abraham Kubansky
Louis Weissberg |

INSPECTOR GENERAL (25
February 1929),
By N. Gogol. Comedy in Four Acts. Staged according to Vladimir
Viscovsky's original production. Executive Staff: Joseph M.
Grossman, Leon Hoffman, Managers. May Strassberg, Treasurer.
Stage Staff: Joseph Schwartzberg, Librarian. Ben-Zion Katz,
Stage Manager. Technical Staff: Alex Chertov, Scenic Artist.
Herman Grossman, Master Carpenter. David Gold, Master
Electrician. George Nemser, Master Properties. I. Misbin,
Superintendent. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 114 East 14th
Street, Near Union Square, New York.
Anton
Antonovitch
Zukvasnick
Muchanovsky
Anna
Andreyevna,
his wife
Maria
Antonovna,
their
daughter
Luka Lukitch
Chlobovi, a
school
inspector
Amos
Fiodorovitch
Liapkin
Tiapkin, a
judge
Artei
Filipovitch
Zemlianika
Ivan
Kuzmatch
Shpekin,
postmaster
Piotr
Ivanovitch
Dobtchinsky,
a land-owner
Piotr
Ivanovitch
Bobchinsky,
a land-owner
Ivan
Alexandrovitch
Chliestiakov,
a Petersburg
official
Ossip, his
servant
Stepan
Illitch, an
official
Derzhi Morda,
a police
officer
Svistunov, a
police
officer
Pavro
Petrovna
Poshliapkina
A non-com's
wife
Tea house
servant
Avdulin, a
merchant
Mishka, a
serrvant |
|
Ben Zvee
Baratov
Liza Silbert
Anna
Teitelbaum
Abraham
Kubansky
M. B.
Samuilov
Louis
Weissberg
Anatol
Winogradov
Morris
Silberkasten
Michael
Rosenberg
Maurice
Schwartz
Gershon
Rubin
Pincus
Sherman
Boris Weiner
Michael
Gibson
Bina
Abramovitch
Sonya
Gurskaya
Morris
Strassberg
Pincus
Sherman
Joseph
Greenberg |

STEMPENYU, THE FIDDLER (Stempenyu
der fidler) (6 March
1929),
a comedy in three acts and sixteen scenes, by Sholem Aleichem,
Stage version and
direction by Maurice
Schwartz, with incidental music by Joseph Achron. Settings and
costumes by Boris Aronson. Executed by A. Chertov. Staged and produced by Mr. Schwartz.
Executive Staff: Joseph
M. Grossman, Leon
Hoffman, Managers. May Strassberg,
Treasurer. Stage Staff: Joseph Schwartzberg, Librarian.
Ben-Zion Katz, Stage Manager. Technical Staff: Alex Chertov,
Scenic Artist. Herman Grossman, Master Carpenter. David
Gold, Master Electrician. George Nemser, Master Properties.
I. Misbin, Superintendent.
At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 14th Street and Union Square.
Mechtche
Laybish, clarinet
Zalmon
A merchant
Hykel Badchan, a wedding bard
Mayer, coronet
Shykeh, the fiddler
Jerahamiel, bass
Fraydel, Stempenyu's wife
Ziparah, her mother
Sholom Shadchan, a marriage broker
Yokel
Stempenyu, a fiddler and leader of a band
Haim Benzion Gluck
Chana Broche, his wife
Itzik Marienes
Moishe Mendel, his son
Dvossie Malkah, Itzik's wife
Rivkah, Hayim Benzion's daughter
Rochel, Moishe Mendel's wife
A maid
Ellik, Itzik's son |
|
Gershon Rubin
Max Rosenthal
I. Greenberg
Boris Weiner
Morris Silberkasten
Anatol Winogradoff
Ben Zvee Baratoff
Michael Gibson
Anna Teitelbaum
Bina Abramowitz
Michael Rosenberg
Morris Strassberg
Lazar Freed
M. B. Samuiloff
Sonya Gurskaya
Louis Weissberg
Maurice Schwartz
Liza Silbert
Anna Silverman
Celia Adler
Ella Clair
Philip Sherman |
|

photo: Lazar Freed
as "Stempenyu." |
The action takes place in
Yampol and in Mezepevka.

ISRAEL (28 March 1929),
By Henry Bernstein. A play in Three Acts. Executive Staff:
Joseph M. Grossman, Leon Hoffman, Managers. May Strassberg,
Treasurer. Stage Staff: Joseph Schwartzberg, Librarian.
Ben-Zion Katz, Stage Manager. Technical Staff: Alex Chertov,
Scenic Artist. Herman Grossman, Master Carpenter. David
Gold, Master Electrician. George Nemser, Master Properties.
I. Misbin, Superintendent. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 114
East 14th Street, Near Union Square, New York. Directed by Anatol Winogradoff.
Agnes, douchess de
Croucy
Thibault, prince de Clar
Justin Gutlieb
Father Silvian
Le Comte de Gregenoy
Le Comte de Sallaz
Le Marquis de Mauve
Gilbert Giscourt de Jouvins
Le Comte de Morice
Le Comte Hector de Mauve
Louis, Thibault's valet
A butler at the Duchess' home
A butler at the club |
|
Liza Silbert
Anatol Winogradoff
Ben Zvee Baratoff
Max Rosenthal
Morris Silberkasten
M. B. Samuilov
Louis Weissberg
Joseph Greenberg
Morris Strassberg
Michael Gibson
Boris Weiner
Abraham Kubansky
H. Frank |

UNTITLED (23 April 1929),
Executive Staff: Joseph M.
Grossman, Leon Hoffman, Managers. May Strassberg, Treasurer.
Stage Staff: Joseph Schwartzberg, Librarian. Ben-Zion Katz,
Stage Manager. Technical Staff: Alex Chertov, Scenic Artist.
Herman Grossman, Master Carpenter. David Gold, Master
Electrician. George Nemser, Master Properties. I. Misbin,
Superintendent. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 114 East 14th
Street, Near Union Square, New York.
PART ONE:
The Marriage Proposal
Comedy in One Act, by Anton Checkov
Translated by A. Frumkin
Directed by Maurice Schwartz
Stepan Steponovitch Tchubikov
Natalia Stepanovna, his daughter
Ivan Vasilitch Lomav
Miriam Elias--in
improvisations
Lazar Freed--in Folk-songs
Maurice Schwartz in A Drunken Cantor, with
Morris Strassberg and E. Mintz
PART TWO:
First Act of I. D. Berkovitch's
"Landsleit," Directed by Maurice Schwartz
Naftoli Cherniak
Chenie Malke
Bessie
Fivel, their son
Hymie, their son
Sadie
Rachel
Anton
a man
PART THREE:
Third Act of Goldfadden's Comedy
"The Two Kooney Lemels"
Staged by Maurice Schwartz
Reb Pincus
Rebecca, his wife
Caroline, their daughter
Hotsmach
Max
Kooney Lemel |
|
Gershon Rubin
Celia Adler
Maurice Schwartz
Morris Strassberg
Bina Abramovitch
Sonia Gurskaya
Morris Silberkasten
Lillian Lux
Rose Ellenberg
Celia Adler
Maurice Schwartz
Pincus Sherman
Morris
Silberkasten
Bina Abramovitz
Anna Teitelbaum
Michael Rosenberg
Lazar Freed
Maurice Schwartz |

THE FATHER (28 October
1929),
By August Strindberg, a Drama in
3 acts. Translated by L. Baleizen. Directed by Samuel
Goldinburg. Executive Staff: Martin Schwartz, Manager.
Oliver M. Saylor, English Press Agent. Leon Hoffman, Yiddish
Press Agent. Lou Kasten and Irving Cohen, Treasurers. Joseph
Spirn, Manager Benefit Dept. Anne Bordofsky, Manager
Subscription Department. Stage Staff: Boris Aranson, Art
Director. Jacob Mestel, Stage Manager. Joseph Schwartzberg,
Librarian. George Teuller, Musical Director. Technical
Staff: William Mensching, Master Carpenter. John Epstein,
Master Electrician. Bill Curtis, Master Properties. Israel
Misbin, Superintendent.
The Major
Laura, his wife
Bertha, their daughter
Dr. Astermark
The Pastor
Margarita
Naid
Henrich |
|
Samuel Goldinburg
Stella Adler
Yehudis Abarbanel
Morris Strassberg
Louis Weisberg
Bina Abramowich
Michael Gibson
Pincus Sherman |

JEW SUSS (18 October 1929),
a drama in three acts and four scenes. Adapted by Maurice
Schwartz from Lion Feuchtwanger's novel "Power." Executive
Staff: Martin Schwartz, Manager. Oliver M. Saylor, English
Press Agent. Leon Hoffman, Yiddish Press Agent. Lou Kasten
and Irving Cohen, Treasurers. Joseph Spirn, Manager Benefit
Dept. Anne Bordofsky, Manager Subscription Department. Stage
Staff: Boris Aranson, Art Director. Jacob Mestel, Stage
Manager. Joseph Schwartzberg, Librarian. George Teuller,
Musical Director. Technical Staff: William Mensching, Master
Carpenter. John Epstein, Master Electrician. Bill Curtis,
Master Properties. Israel Misbin, Superintendent. Direction
and Jewish Version by Maurice Schwartz; presented in Yiddish by the
Yiddish Art Theatre. At the Maurice Schwartz Yiddish Art
Theatre (formerly Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre), Broadway
at Twenty-Eighth Street.
Karl Alexander, Duke of
Wurtemberg
Joseph Suss, Privy Financial Councillor
General Remchingen, Minister of War
Philip Heinreich Weissensee, Pres. of the Church
Council
Johann Heinreich Strum, Chief Secretary of the
Estates
Schultheiss Binder of Settinfels
Master Rudolph Amandus Schober
Rabbi Gabriel (The Magus), Suss's Uncle
The
Rabbi of Frankfurt
A Courier from Stuttgart
The Hangman
Suss's Secretary
Suss's Mother
Tamar, Suss's Daughter
Magdalen Sibylle, Weissensee's daughter
Graziella, an Opera Singer |
|
Maurice Schwartz
Samuel Goldenburg
Louis Weisberg
Isidore Cashier
Morris Strassberg
Michael Gibson
Mark Schweid
Lazar Freed
Jacob Mestel
Pincus Sherman
Gershon Rubin
Joseph Greenberg
Anna Appel
Judith Abarbanell
Berta Gersten
Stella Adler |
|

photo:
Louis Weisberg, as
General Remchingen. |
The
Duke's Attendants and Servants; Suss's Lackeys
and Servants, Guests, Princes, Court Ladies.
Scene: Duchy of Wurttemberg. Time: 1736-1738.
The
role of Joseph Suss will be alternated by
Maurice Schwartz. |

Kiddush Hashem
(11 November 1929),
An historical drama in three acts and fourteen scenes. Stage
version and direction by Maurice Schwartz.
Incidental music by Joseph Achron, dances by Charles Adler, settings
and costumes by S. Ostrowsky, painted by A. Chertov.
Stephan Kvatkov, Greek
orthodox priest of Zlochov
Mendel, tavern keeper of Zlochov
Shlomele, his only son, as a child
Schlomele, as a grown-up
Marusha, Cossack servant-maid in Mendel's household
Yocheved, his wife
The little tailor
Pan Konitz-Polski, Lord of Zlochov, Chihirn and Nemirov
Hayim, watchman of Zlochov and the town's strong man
Reb Yechiele Michel, Rabbi of Nemirov
Reb Yonah, Parnas of Nemirov
Reb Jacob, refugee
Sha'ar Tzedek's wife
Deborah, her only daughter, as a child
Deborah, as a grown-up
A young Cossack with a baby
First Cossack
Second Cossack
Third Cossack
Berachiah, tavern keeper
Reb Yecheskel of Kolsk
Two messengers from Karsoon
A Jew
The Lunatic
Pan Kashnitzski
Krivoy-No, Chmelnitzki's chief Lieutenant
Ivan Zalko
Yerem, a Cossack
Krilka, his uncle |
|
Louis Weisberg
Isidore Cashier
Hirsh Seidman
Joseph Greenberg
Anna Appel
Bina Abramovitz
Maurice Schwartz
M. Samuiloff
Gershon Rubin
Lazar Freed
M. Misbin
Boris Weiner
Sonia Gurskaya
Rose Ellenberg
Stella Adler
Isa Greenberg
Abraham Kubansky
G. Michael
Ben Zion Katz
Elisha Mintz
Michael Rosenberg
S. Gladstein, I. Rogberg
W. Boris
M. Gibson
S. Weinstein
M. Strassberg
Pincus Sherman
Samuel Goldenberg
Michael Gibson. |

ANGELS ON EARTH (Malokhim oyf der erd) (3 December
1929),
a "Hell and Earth comedy" in a prologue, seven
scenes and an
epilogue, by Chone Gottesfeld, with incidental music by
George Tueller. Directed by Maurice Schwartz; settings and
costumes by Boris Aronson; dances arranged by Charles Adler;
dances arranged by Charles Adler; presented by the Yiddish
Art Theatre. Executive Staff: Martin Schwartz, Manager;
Oliver M. Sayler, English Press Agent; Leon Hoffman, Yiddish
Press Agent; Lewis Kasten and Irving L. Cone, Treasurers,
Anne Bordofsky, Manager Subscription Dept. Stage Staff:
Boris Aranson, Scenic Director; Jacob Mestel and Ben-Zion
Katz, Stage Managers; Joseph Schwartzberg, Librarian; George
Tueller, Musical Director. Technical Staff: William
Mensching, Master Carpenter; Chris. Logan, Master
Electrician; Rudolph Pfeiffer, Master Properties; Israel
Misbin, Superintendent.
At the Yiddish Art Theatre, Broadway and
Twenty-Eighth Street, New York
Characters in Hell:
Dr. Mars
Grandmother
Fannie, a manicurist
Jack, her fiance
Moses
Israel
The Peddler
Mr. Soskin
Miss Soskin
First Usher
Second Usher
Mendel Flam, stagemanager of Hell
Angel Zafziel
Angel Shamsiel
Angel Shaftiel
Characters on Earth:
Mr. Milk
Mr. Water
Fannie, Mr. Milk's Wife
Annie. Mr. Water's Wife
Mr. Lyric (Angel Zafziel)
Mr. Fiddle (Angel Shamsiel)
Mr. Hammer
Mr. Lucus
Katie, a stenographer
Policeman
Prison Keeper |
|
Mark Schweid
Bina Abramowitch
Sonia Cutler
John Wexley
Morris Strassberg
Pincus Sherman
Joseph Greenberg
Michael Gibson
Anna Appel
Hyman Wolkoff
Biltchinsky
Jacob Mestel
Samuel Goldenburg/Jacob Mestel
Maurice Schwartz/Lazar Freed
H. Green
Gerson Rubin
Lazar Freed/Mark Schweid
Bertha Gersten
Stella Adler
Samuel Goldenburg/Lazar Freed
Maurice Schwartz
Louis Weisberg
Isidore Cashier
Judith Abarbanell
John Wexley
Samuel Paturzhanzky |
Dancers, cabaret
guests, stock buyers, guests in the theatre,
etc., are played by the students of the Dramatic
School of the Yiddish Art Theatre: Sohn,
Beltchinsky, Sheron, Lieberman, Fruchter, Tolant,
Petchanick, Auerbach, Fogel, Bear, Abramsky,
London, Glickman, Guriloff, Rich, Leber,
Halperin, Futogen, Einbinder, Young, Field,
Schneider, Nader, Itzkowitz, Brenner, Spiegel.
Time--The Present. A lapse of six months between
Fourth and Fifth Scenes. |

ROAMING STARS
(Blondzhende shtern) (23 January
1930),
a romantic comedy in three acts and sixteen scenes by Maurice
Schwartz, based on the novel of the same name by Sholem
Aleichem, with incidental music by G. Thuler. Staged by
Maurice Schwartz; settings by Boris Aronson. Executive
Staff: Martin Schwartz, Manager; Oliver M. Sayler, English Press Agent; Leon Hoffman, Yiddish
Press Agent; Lewis Kasten and Irving L. Cone, Treasurers,
Anne Bordofsky, Manager Subscription Dept. Stage staff:
Boris Aranson, Scenic Director; Jacob Mestel and Ben-Zion
Katz, Stage Managers; Joseph Schwartzberg, Librarian; George
Teuller, Musical Director. Technical Staff: William
Mensching, Master Carpenter; Chris. Logan, Master
Electrician; Rudolph Pfeiffer, Master Properties; Israel
Misbin, Superintendent.
At the Yiddish Art Theatre, Broadway and
Twenty-Eighth Street, New York
Albert Shtchupak
Sholom Mayer
Rafalevitch
Laybel, his son (as a child)
Laybel, later known as Leon Rafalesco
Braindele Cossack
Bernard Holtzman (Hotzmach)
A Primadonna
A Tall Young Man
Israel the Cantor
Leah, his wife
Raisel, their daughter (as child)
Roza Spivak (Raisel in later period)
A Wagoner
Getzil ben Getzil
Isak
Henrietta
Sarah, Holtzman's mother
Zlutke, Holtzman's sister
Dr. Levintan
Meyer Stelmak
Nissel Schwalb
Mr. Clummer
Grischa Stelmak, a great violinist, son of Mayer
Nickels, a New York theatrical manager
A Beadle
The Lomza Cantor
A Policeman |
|
Louis Waisberg
Mark Schweid
Michael Gibson
Joseph Greenberg
Lazar Fried
Anna Appel
Maurice Schwartz
Adella Lamdon
H. Frank
P. Scherman
Bina Abramowitz
Judith Abarbanel
Stella Adler
Pincus Sherberg
Ben Zion Katz
Philip Sherman
Bertha Gerstin
Sonia Gurskaya
Sonia Cutler
Jacob Mestel
Gershon Rubin
Isidor Cashier
Joseph Greenberg
Misha Gibson
Morris Strassberg
Hyman Wolkoff
Boris Weiner
M. Nussbaum |
|

photo:
Maurice Schwartz,
as Hotzmach. |
Actors, Men, Women, Children.
Time: The first decade of the present century.

CHAINS
(Keytn) (21 February 1930, per Zylbercweig),
a drama in 3 acts, by H. Leivick. Settings by Charles
Stillwell; staged and produced in Yiddish by Maurice
Schwartz. Executive Staff: Martin Schwartz, Manager. Oliver
M. Sayler, English Press Agent. Leon Hoffman, Yiddish Press
Agent. Lewish Kasten and Irving L. Cone, Treasurers. Anne
Bordofsky, Manager Subscription Department. Stage Staff:
Boris Aranson, Scenic Director. Jacob Mestel and Ben-Zion
Katz, Stage Managers. Joseph Schwartzberg, Librarian. George
Teuller, Musical Director. Technical Staff: William
Mensching, Master Carpenter. Chris. Logan, Master
Electrician. Rudolph Pfeiffer, Master Properties. Israrel
Misbin, Superintendent. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, Broadway
at Twenty-Eight Street.
Political Prisoners:
Levine
Joseph
Peretz
Gregory
Peter
Solomon
Nuki
Singer
Daniel
Criminal prisoners:
Grandpa
Zazuit
Koverznikov
Drushinia
Prison Doctor
First guard
Second guard
The smith
First workman
Second workman |
|
Maurice Schwartz
Lazar Freed
Morris Strassberg
Jacob Mestel
Boris Weiner
Philip Sherman
Mark Schweid
Michael Gibson
Joseph Greenberg
Gershon Rubin
Isidore Cashier
Hyman Wolkoff
Louis Weinberg
Ben Zion Katz
Samuel Lehrer
Rubin Frank
E. Kogor
N. Metalik
H. Zohn |
Workmen,
Guards, Soldiers, etc.: the students of the
Dramatic Studio of the Yiddish Art
Theatre:--Sirota, Petchanick, Fruchter,
Kogar, Lieber, Abramsky, Beltchinsky, Turkin,
Lieberman, Brenner, Meizel, Stone, Barash,
Zohn.
Note: The play deals with the life of
political prisoners in Czarist Russia. The
action takes place toward the end of 1905 in
a cell at a penitentiary in Arctic Siberia. |

JEW SUSS
(10 March 1930)*,
A drama in thee acts and four scenes, by Lion Feuchtwanger.
Direction and Jewish Version by Maurice Schwartz.
Settings by Boris Aranson. Music by George Teuller.
Karl Alexander, Duke of
Wurtemberg
Joseph Suss, Privy Financial Councillor
General Remchingen, Minister of War
Philip Heinreich Weissensee, Pres. of the Church
Council
Johann Heinreich Strum, Chief Secretary of the
Estates
Schultheiss Binder of Settinfels
Master Rudolph Amandus Schober
Rabbi Gabriel (The Magus), Suss's Uncle
The
Rabbi of Frankfort
A Courier from Stuttgart
The Hangman
Suss's Secretary
Suss's Mother
Tamar, Suss's Daughter
Magdalen Sibylle, Weissensee's daughter
Graziella, an Opera Singer |
|
Isidore Cashier
Maurice Schwartz
Louis Weisberg
Pincus Sherman
Morris Strassberg
Michael Gibson
Mark Schweid
Lazar Freed
Jacob Mestel
H. Frank
Joseph Greenberg
Anna Appel
Judith Abarbanell
Bertha Gersten
Stella Adler |
The
Duke's Attendants and Servants; Suss's Lackeys
and Servants, Guests, Princes, Court Ladies.
Scene: Duchy of Wurttemberg. Time: 1736-1738. |

THE WITCH OF CASTILE
(24 October 1930),
a drama in two acts and twelve scenes, by Sholem Asch, with incidental
music by Joseph Achron. Settings by Sam Ostrovsky and Alex
Chertoff; ballet directed by Benjamin Zemach; Musical
Director George Teuller; staged and directed by Maurice Schwartz. At the Yiddish Art Theatre,
Second Ave. Theatre, Second Ave. at Second St., New York.
Paul IV, Pope of
Rome
Alessandro Farnese
Joseph Pinsi
Mordecai Alfi
Hayim Adoni
Pastillo
Jacob Medigo
Jephta
The Governor of Rome
Imperia
Simeon
Two Messengers
A Young Roman
Cardinal Joseph Moro
A Turkish Jew |
|
Joseph Buloff
Yudel Dubinsky
Anatol Vinogradoff
Jacob Mestel
Ben Zion Katz
Lazar Freed
Maurice Schwartz
Stella Adler
Wolf Goldfadden
Luba Kadison
Michael Gibson
Pinchus Sherman
Morris Metalik
Boruch Lumatt
Jacob Cone
Abraham Fishkind |
Priests, Monks, Nuns,
Soldiers, Servants, Populace. The action takes place in
Rome in 1556.

UNCLE MOSES (5 December 1930),
By Sholem Asch. Starring Maurice Schwartz, Lazar Freed,
Joseph Buloff, Anna Appel, Stella Adler, Shulamith Posner,
Betty Farkauf, Wolf Goldfaden et al. At the Second Avenue
Theatre, Second Avenue and Second Street.

RIVERSIDE DRIVE
(5 January 1931),
a drama in Three Acts, by Leon Kobrin. Settings by Charles B.
Stillwell; Directed by Maurice Schwartz; produced in Yiddish
by the Yiddish Art Theatre. Executive Staff: Martin
Schwartz, Manager. Vera Sundelson, English Press Agent. Leon
Hoffman, Yiddish Press Agent. Irving L. Cone and Gertrude R.
Wagner, Treasurers. Leon Brest, Benefit Dept. Stage Staff:
Ben-Zion Katz, Stage Manager. Joseph Schwartzberg,
Librarian. George Teuller, Musical Director. Technical
Staff: George Nemzer, Master Carpenter. Michael Rosenberg,
Master Electrician. Benny Astroff, Master Properties. At the Second Avenue Theatre,
Second Ave. at Second St., New York.
Shloyme Yaffe
Rivke, his wife
Herman Jaffe, their son
Madam Jaffe
Adel, their daughter
Mortimer, their son
Teddy, youngest son
Rabbi Schlessinger, Mme. Jaffe's father
Madam Schlessinger
Emma, a governess
Frances, a servant
Eleanor, Adel's friend
Izzie, a watchman in Jaffe's factory
Leo, Adel's friend
Dave, another friend
A Porter |
|
Maurice Schwartz
Anna Appel
Leonid Snegoff
Stella Adler
Judith Abarbanell
Jacob Marcus
Selvin Golub
Wolf Goldfaden
Sonya Gurskaya
Sonia Kotliar
Zelda Litvak
Frances Golub
Joseph Buloff
Anatol Winogradoff
Lazar Fried
Robert Frank |
The
action takes place in the home of the Jaffe's on
Riverside Drive. |

THE MAN WITH THE PORTFOLIO
(Der man mit'n portfel) (11 February 1931),
a drama in three acts and six scenes, by Alexis Faiko.
Yiddish version by Anatol Vinogradov. Directed by Maurice
Schwartz. Settings by Robert Van Rosen, painted by Charles
Stillwell. At the Second Avenue Theatre, Second Avenue at Second Street,
New York.
Dimitri Ilyitch Granatov
Adelaida Vasilievna, his mother
Xenia Treverin
Igor ("Goga"), her son
Ivan Kirilovitch Bashkirov, Director of "Irkiv"
Zina Bashkirova, his sister
Faculty Members of "Irkiv":
Professor Andrasov
Professor Steblitsky
Professor Zamozhin
Klioch, Secretary of "Irkiv"
Sophia Valentinovna, stenographer
Topolev, holder of an "Irkiv" fellowship
Nicander Redutkin
Maria Pampilovna
George Stepanovitch Lichomsky
Pankratov, a doorman
A Porter
A ConductorThe
first act takes place aboard a train bound from
Leningrad for Moscow. |
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Maurice Schwartz
Sonya Gurskaya
Stella Adler
L. Kaplan
Leonid Sniegoff
Luba Kadison
Lazar Freed
Yudel Dubinsky
Wolf Goldfaden
Michael Rosenberg
Sonya Kotliar/Selda Litwack
Anatol Vinogradov
Joseph Buloff
Anna Appel
Jacob Mestel
Pincus Sherman
Boruch Lumet
Michael Gibson |

THE NEW MAN (23 April 1932),
a Drama in 3 acts by Francisco S. Sanchos. Jewish version
by I. Kovensky. Direction, by Maurice Schwartz. At the Folks
Theatre (Second Avenue and Twelfth Street), New York.
Dr.
Diaz
Madame Diaz
Metcho, their daughter
Laura, their younger daughter
Alfredo, their son
Fanchita
Philippo, her son
Senior Alvi
Madame Alvi
Enrico, their son
Dr. Santes
A maid
A servant |
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Maurice Schwartz
Helen Zelinskaya
Luba Kadison
Judith Abarbanel
Anatol Vinogradoff
Anna Teitlebaum
Leon Seidenberg
Lazar Freed
Rebecca Weintraub
Wolf Goldfaden
Jacob Mestel
N. N.
Sidney Shlesser |
Action takes
place in a small town in Spain. |

YOSHE KALB (1 October 1932)*,
By I. J. Singer. Produced in two parts and
twenty-six scenes.
Stage version and direction by Maurice Schwartz. Dances by Lillien Shapero.
Edwin A. Relkin & Sigmund Weintraub, Personal
Representatives for Maurice Schwartz. Director:
Maurice Schwartz; Stage Manager: Ben Zion Katz;
Librarian: Joseph Schwartzberg; Musical Director:
Leo Kutzen; Master of Wardrobe: Ben Spitzer;
Managers: Leon Hoffman and Milton Weintraub; House
Manager Morris Lyons; Treasurer: Gertrude R. Wagner;
English Publicity: Joseph Brainin. Technical Staff:
Master Carpenter: Irving Levy; Master Electrician:
Morris Shapiro; Master of Props: Sam Wolinsky;
Scenic Designer: Alex Chertov. At the Folks
Theatre, 189 2nd Avenue (and 12th Street.)
First Young
man
Second Young man
Third Young man
Followers of Rachmanivke Rabbi:
Zisha
Jacob
Followers of Nyesheve Rabbi:
Moses
Leibush
Rachmanivke Rabbi
Motye Godol, his aide
Reb Melech, Nyesheve Rabbi
Israel Avigdor, his aide
A wagoner
Gedaliah
Berl
Maids in the household of Nyesheve
Rabbi:
Nesce
Tsirel
Followers of Nyesheve Rabbi:
Zimchah
Zechariah
Zalman
A coachman
Gittel, ritual bath attendant and barber
Daughters of Nyesheve Rabbi:
Hannah Leah
Fayge Haya
Serele
Followers of Nyesheve Rabbi:
Mechele Hinever
Isaac Baer
Pinchas
Wife of Rachmanivke Rabbi
Nahumtche, her son
Palthiel, a wealthy man
Eidele, Mechele Hinever's wife
Malkele, her niece and ward
Pethahiah, Nahumtche's tutor
First Rabbi
Second Rabbi
Third Rabbi
Hayim, a wagoner
Another wagoner
A kirer
Yankel, an organ grinder
Mordecai
A cake vendor
Red-headed beggar
Hunchbacked beggar
Blind beggar
Shayne Beracha
Nachman
Konon, a sexton
Zivyah, his daughter
First Woman
Second Woman
Third Woman
A boy
Reb Shachne, assistant rabbi of
Byalegure
Abush, a butcher
Dobbe, his wife
Reb Baruch, scribe of Byalegure
Reb Mayerl, rabbi of Byalegure
The Rabbi of Cracow
The Rabbi of Dinaburg
The Rabbi of Lizhan |
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Joseph
Schwartzberg
Saul Fruchter
Eli Mintz
M. Schtrommer
Solomon Krauze
Michael Rosenberg
Michael Gibson
Anatol Winogradoff
Wolf Goldfaden
Maurice Schwartz
Morris Silberkasten
Mark Jury
S. Pincus
S. Lioff
Zelda Ludwig
Ida Garber
A. Belov
L. Bergweiss
A. Margolies
Albert Stone
Anna Appel
Sonya Gursky
Liza Varon
Judith Abarbanel
Noach Nachbush
K. Urki
Eli Mintz
Roseta Bialis
Lazar Freed
S. Merkur
Leah Naomi
Charlotte Goldstein
R. Schweid
A. Nemson
M. Misich
F. Sherr
M. Belavsky
Michael Rosen
N. Steinfeld
Michael Gibson
S. Krause
L. Eisenberg
Pincus Sherman
M. Swerdloff
Uri Kagar
Rose Weiss
S. Berl
Isidore Cashier
Helen Zelinska
Leah Kauffman
S. Lazar
R. Rose
S. Bergman
Gustav Schacht
L. Weisberg
Zelda Gould
Hyman Buchvald
Noach Nachbush
Isaac Rothblum
H. Franko
Morris Strassberg |
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Townspeople, Chasidim, Butchers,
Beggars, Wedding Guests, Rabbis. |

CHAYIM LEDERER (14 November 1932),
By Sholem Asch. Starring Maurice Schwartz as Chaim
Lederer, Lazar Freed, Anna Appel (mother), Gustav
Shacht, Morris Silberkasten (A Presser), Michael
Rosenberg et al. At the Folks Theatre, 189 2nd
Avenue (and 12th Street.)
A drama of Jewish life in America (based on Sholem
Asch's novel of the same name). Stage version and
direction by Maurice Schwartz. Settings by A.
Chertoff.
Chayim
Lederer
Sarah Rivka, his wife
Morris, their son
Raymond, their second son
Stella, their daughter
Sol Nuerenberg
Mr. Nuerenberg, his father
Mrs. Nuerenberg, his mother
Sylvia Kaplan
Fannie Fox
Neufeld
Mordecai
Zelig
Bettie
Dr. Zalkind
Johnson
Flora
Mollie, Morris's wife
Sammy, her son
Benny, second son
A chauffeur
A negro |
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Maurice
Schwartz
Anna Appel
Isidore Cashier
Anatole Winogradoff
Judith Abarbanel
Lazar Fried
Isidore Rothblum
Helen Zelinska
Charlotte Goldstein
Liza Varon
Gustav Schacht
Morris Silberkasten
Isidore Swerdloff
Zelda Gold
Wolf Goldfaden
Michael Rosenberg
Ida Garber
Rosetta Bialis
Ervin Deerman
Selwyn Golub
Pincus Sherman
Sam Johnson |

THE LEGEND OF THE
JEWISH KING LEAR (5 December 1932),
A tragi-comedy of Jewish theatrical life in 2 parts
and 14 scenes. Book and direction by Maurice
Schwartz. (Scenes of the Jewish King Lear will be
played as originally written by Jacob Gordin).
Executive Staff: Leon Hoffman and Milton Weintraub,
Managers. Gertrude R. Wagner, Treasurer. Max Karper,
English Publicity. Stage Staff: Maurice Schwartz,
Director. Ben Zion Katz, Stage Manager. Jos.
Schwartzberg, Librarian. Leo Kutzen, Musical
Director. Technical Staff: Irving Levy, Master
Carpenter. Morris Shapiro, Master Electrician. Sam
Wolinsky, Master of Props. Alex Chertov, Scenic
Designer. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, Second Ave. at
12th Street.
Director
Rudolph Kiselstein (David Moisheles)
Mme. Feffer (Channe Leah)
Goldele Griddlestein (Ethele)
Miss Kupchick (Gitele)
Miss Fliegelman (Teibele)
David Trapchick (Charif)
Jonah Gruznick (Moishe Chosid)
Simon Perlstein (Jaffe)
Zavel Brownstein (Shamai)
Music Director
A boy
Dr. Pipchick
Inspicient (Stage Manager)
Manager
Scenic Artist
Stage Manager
Costumer
Chorus: |
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Maurice
Schwartz
Leah Naomi
Anna Appel
Rosetta Bialis
Helen Zelinska
Isidor Casher
Noah Nachbush
Lazar Freed
Michael Rosenberg
Isaac Swerdloff
Saul Fruchter
Wolf Mercur
Eli Mintz
Gustave Schacht
Isaac Rothblum
Wolf Goldfaden
Morris Zilberkasten
Michael Gibson
Philip Sherman
Sol. Krause
Morris Belavsky
H. Buchwald
Leon Bassin
Abraham Margulith
Sol. Fruchter, etc. |
Place of action:
A provincial town in Poland,. Time: Present.

MOTKE THE THIEF (Motke
Ganef) (29
December 1932),
A folksplay in 3 acts with a prologue by Sholem
Asch. Direction: Maurice Schwartz. By Sholem Asch. With I. A.
Samberg, Morris Silberkasten, Anna Appel, Anatol
Winogradoff, Liza Varon, Rosetta Bialis, Michael
Rosenberg, Leah Naomi, Wolf Goldfaden, Gustave
Schacht et al.
Motke Ganef
(as boy)
Motke (as adult)
Blind Leib, his father
Zlatke, his mother
Old Terach, the organ grinder
Mary, a wire walker
Canarick, an organ grinder
A Polish squire
Reb Melech, owner of a coffee-house
Hindel, his wife
Channele, their daughter
Shloyme, a cadet
Bashe
Zhachliner girl
The Readhead
Policeman
Another policeman |
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Zelde Gould
I. A. Samberg
Morris Strassberg
Leah Naomi
Gustave Schacht
Charlotte Goldstein
Wolf Goldfaden
Morris Zilberkasten
Michael Rosenberg
Anna Appel
Anna Teitelbaum
Anatole Winogradoff
Sonya Gurskaya
Liza Varon
Rosetta Bialis
Philip Sherman
Solomon Krause |

BREAD
(special
performance)
(13 December 1932),
By Ossip Dymov. Starring Maurice Schwartz, Isadore
Casher, Wolf Goldfaden, Noah Nachbush, Zelda Gould,
Wolf Merkur, Anatol Vinogradoff et al.

REVOLT
(11 January 1933),
By I. B. Zipor. A dramatic poem in 3 acts with a
prologue and 5 scenes. Directed by Maurice Schwartz.
Settings by Alex Chertov. Music by Leo Kutzin.
Executive Staff: Leon Hoffman and Milton Weintraub,
Managers. Gertrude R. Wagner, Treasurer. Martha
Drieblatt, English Publicity. Stage Staff: Maurice
Schwartz, Director. Ben Zion Katz, Stage Manager.
Jos. Schwartzberg, Librarian. Leo Kutzen, Musical
Director. Bennie Spitzer, Master of Wardrobe.
Technical Staff: Irving Levy, Master Carpenter.
Morris Shapiro, Master Electrician. Sam Wolinsky,
Master of Props. Alex Chertov, Scenic Designer. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre, 189 2nd Avenue (at 12th Street.)
Feudal Lord
Steward
Chaplain
Tarhan, a Negro slave
Maciej Cham
Grzela
Witek, his son
Magda, a peasant girl betrothed to Witek
A drunkard
1st Servant
2nd Servant
Doorman
Grandpa Yoshe, a Jewish miller
Grandma Devoshe, his wife
Old Peasants:
Young Peasants:
Young
peasant women:
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Isidor
Cashier
Wolf Goldfaden
Lazar Freed
Louis Weisberg
Maurice Schwartz
Morris Silberkasten
Anatole Winogradoff
Charlotte Goldstein
Michael Rosenberg
Philip Sherman
Morris Belafsky
Robert H. Harris
Gustav Schacht
Leah Naomi
Morris Strassberg
Solomon Krause
Noach Nachbush
Isaac Rothblum
Isaac Swerdlow
Uri Kagar
Hyman Buchwald
L. Isenberg
M. Baisin
A Bernatzky
Michal Gibson
Abraham Margolith
Eli Mintz
Wolf Mercur
M. Steinfeld
Sol Fruchter
N. Erlich
B. Zion
Liza Waron
Sonia Gurskaya
Zelda Gould
Ida Garber
Taobi Stenman |

THE WISE MEN OF CHELM
(17 October 1933),
a Folk Comedy in Two parts and 13 scenes by
Aaron Zeitlin; directed by Maurice Schwartz;
settings by Robert Van Rosen and A. Chertov; music
by L. Koutzen; dances arranged by Lillian Shapiro.15th year.
At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 189 2nd Avenue (at 12th
Street.)
The Angel of
Death (later Azriel Deutsch)
Smangloff, Angel of Birth
Yekum Purkan, first hobgoblin
Amalek, second hobgoblin
Azazel, third hobgoblin
Yosele, twin brother
Getzele, twin brother
Moyse Mordecai
Yosef Loksh, rabbi of Chelm
The Rebbetzin, his wife
Grintche, their daughter
Temerel, widow of Getzele
Wedding Bard
First Angel
Prosecuting Angel
Archangel
Town Beadle
Shmuel Elyeh, an elementary Hebrew
teacher
His wife
First Burgher
Second Burgher
Third Burgher
Marriage Broker |
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Julius Adler
Wolf Goldfaden
Michael Rosenberg
Isaac Rothblum
Eli Mintz
Lazar Freed
Lazar Freed
Saul Krause
Maurice Schwartz
Anna Appel
Rosetta Bialis
Judith Abarbanel
Isaac Sverdloff
Isidor Cashier
Morris Strassberg
Anatol Vinogradow
Reuben Vendorv
Morris Silberkasten
Helen Zelinskaya
B. Morris
S. Pincus
G. Michael
S. Krause |
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photo:
Maurice Schwartz,
as Yosef Loksh,
rabbi of Chelm. |

photo: Scene
from
"The Wise Men of Chelm,"
with Anna Appel,
Maurice Schwartz
and Julius Adler. |
Brody Minstrels:
Wolf Mercur (Zanvel), Issac Swerdloff (Yossel),
P. Sherman (Yudel), M. Belavsky (Carl), Robert
Harris (Yankel), Yascha Rosenthal (Motye),
Michael Gibson (Zalman), Albert Stone (Moyshe),
S. Krause (Moyse Mordecai).
Temerel, widow of Getzele (Judith Abarbanel),
Wedding Bard (Isaac Sverdloff), First Angel (Isidor
Cashier), Prosecuting Angel (Morris Strassberg),
Archangel (A. Vinogradow), A woman (Leah Naomi),
A cobbler (M. Rosen), His wife (Liza Waron), A
shopkeeper (H. Robert), A woman (Ida Garber), A
cook (Clara Deutschman), A washer woman (Mrs.
Vendorff), A woman of importance (Nina Herzen),
Ritual Barber (Mrs. Goldberg), Old maid (R.
Zlatkin).
Hobgoblins: Charlotte Goldstein, Ben Basenko,
Helen Appel, Lily Caplan, Valma Saff, Estel
Cummins, Elaine Basil, Clara Landay, Harold
Miller, Benjamin Fishbein.
Heavenly Judges: S. Eisenberg, B. Trachtenberg,
B. Bassin, N. Malkin, S. Zeiden, S. Leon, M.
Feuer, S. Cohn.
Ballet of Angels: Charlotte Goldstein, Helen
Appel, Lily Caplan, Velma Seff, Estelle Cummins,
Elaine Barzel, Clara Landay, Harold Miller.
Townspeople: S. Steinfeld, M. Nachman, I.
Steinberg, Moses Federman, B. Wortsman, Jacob
Fine, Abraham Ginsburg, M. Osherman, P. Weisman,
I. Weisman, B. Gendelman, M. Greenblatt, B.
Abramowitz, F. Fogel, S. Teichman.
Ben Zion Katz,
Stage Manager.

JOSEPHUS (30 November
1933),
By Lion Feuchtwanger. A play in
2 parts and 26 scenes. Stage version and direction by
Maurice Schwartz. Settings by Robert Van Rosen. Incidental
music by Leon Koutzen. Dances arranged by Lillian Shapero.
Costumes designed by Alexander Nemeroff and Saul Raskin.
Ben-Zion Katz, Stage Manager. Wigs by Zauder Brothers.
Costumes executed by Eaves. Ben Spitzer, master of wardrobe.
Edwin A. Relkin and Sigmund Weintraub, Personal
representatives for Maurice Schwartz. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre, 189 2nd Avenue (and 12th Street.)
Caius Barzaarone, a
furniture maker
Irene, his daughter
Mattulus, a Roman senator
Claudius Reginus, court jeweller and publisher
Demetrius Libanus, an actor
Justus of Tiberias, King Agrippa's secretary
Josephus, priest, general, and historian
A Servant at Libanus
Rabbi Nathan, Jewish prisoner in Rome
Rabbi Gadia, second prisoner
Rabbi Judah, third prisoner
Jail Warden
Philip Talassos, Imperial Minister for the
Orient
Tunius Thrax, Imperial Minister for Appeals
Claudius Helius, Nero's Prime Minister
Gessius Florius, Roman governor of Judea
Nahum, a mad prophet
King Agrippa, titular ruler of Judea
Princess Berenica, his sister
Simon Bar Giora, commander of Jewish rebel
forces
John of Giscala, second commander
Sapita of Tiberias
Jannai, Jewish co-governor, with Josephus, of
Galilee
Ahikam, attendant at Josephus' headquarters at
Migdala
Vespasian, commander or Roman forces in Judea,
later Emperor of Rome
Titus, his son
Caenis, Vespasian's mistress
Mara, a Jewish captive girl, later wife of
Josephus
Anan, High Priest of the Temple in Jerusalem
Johanan Ben Zakkai, Chief Justice of Judea
Nehemia, a Jewish officer
Mucianus, Roman governor-general of Syria
Obadia, Jewish officer in charge of Berenica's
camp
Paulinus, a Roman officer
Captain Fronto, a Roman officer
Dorion, an Egyptian girl of Alexandria
Pedanus, a centurion
Amram, a Jewish officer
Matthias, a priest, father of Josephus
A beggar |
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P. Sherman
Charlotte Goldstein
Isaac Swerdlow
Morris Strassberg
Morris Silberkasten
Anatol Winogradoff
Maurice Schwartz
Albert Stone
Rubin Wendorff
Benjamin Fishbein
Eli Mintz
R. Thall
Michael Gibson
Mark Uri
Robert H. Harris
S. Pincus
G. Michael
Lazar Freed
Miriam Goldina
Julius Adler
Ben Zvi Baratoff
Morris Belafsky
Y. Rose
William Goldberg
Isidore Cashier
Wolf Goldfaden
Helen Zelinska
Lilie Caplan
Morris Zilberkasten
Michael Rosenberg
S. Krause
Ben Basenko
M. Honig
H. Harris
L. Weintraub
Judith Abarbanel
Yasha Rosenthal
I. Kauffman
Isaac Rothblum
Wolf Mercur |
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photo:
Michael Gibson in "Josephus."

photo:
Isidore Cashier in "Josephus."
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MODERN CHILDREN (22 December
1933)
based on a novel by Sholem Asch,
"Chayim Lederer". At the Yiddish Art Theatre 2nd Avenue and
12th Street.
Stars Maurice Schwartrz, Anna Appel, Lazar Freed, Judith
Abarbanel, Izidor Casher, Charlotte Goldstein, Morris
Silberkasten and Helen Zelinska.

JACQUES BERGSON (30 October
1936),
a new play in two acts and fifteen scenes by Victor Felder.
Translated from the French by Jacob Nadler. Settings by
Robert Van Rosen, music by Maurice Rauch. Directed by
Maurice Schwartz. Produced by The Ensemble Players, Inc.
Executive Staff: Martin Schwartz and Leon Hoffman, Managers.
Nat Dorfman, English Press Agent. Gertrude Wagner, Cashier.
Technical Staff: Ben Katz, Stage Manager. Abe Mitnick,
Carpenter. Joe Burdin, Electrician. Edward Kirtland,
Properties. Costumes by Meth & Gropper. Wigs by Zander Bros.
Piano by Kramer. Radio by Radio Laboratories. Abraham
Weinstein, Lessee. Boris Bernardi, House Manager. At the Forty-Ninth Street Theatre.
Forty-Ninth Street, W. of Broadway.
Jacques
Bergson, proprietor of a cafe
Philippe, his child
Anatole, his child
Michel, his child
Marianne, his child
Louise, his housekeeper
Professor Hertz, a German refugee
Madame Hertz, his wife
Gertrude, his daughter
David Flackermann
Salomon
Braunstein
Frau Steinfeld
Herr Goebbels
Rabbi Lewi
Henri Gottschalk, a banker
Susanne
Police Sergeant
Commissaire de Police
Gregoire
Gravel
Serge
Rachel, Philippe's wife
Burgan
Simon
Betty
Rosa
George |
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Maurice
Schwartz
Alex Tenenholtz
Zvi Scooler
Herschel Bernardi
Anna Teitelbaum
Berta Gerstin
Lazar Freed
Anna Appel
Judith Abarbanell
Michel Rosenberg
Aaron Kier
Anatol Winogradow
Bronia Newman
Samuel Lehrer
Louis Hyman
Morris Silberkasten
Charlotte Arnon
Solomon Krauze
Wolff Goldfaden
Max Freedlander/Ben Besenko
Wolff Goldfaden
Ben Besenko
Bronia Newman
Robert Harris
Ben Besenko
Rosetta Bialis
Eva Franklin
Robert Harris |
Workers,
Chalutzem, Fascists, Police.
Played by the Studio Group: D.
Alexander, A. Golub, E. Rubin, I.
Sanik, M. Toby, B. Metz, J. Buxbaum,
H. Hochstein, L. Siegel, Z.
Freedman, I. Herman, E. Freedlander,
L. Bially, B. Basin, Miriam Nuvia.
The
Action take place in Paris. Time:
The Present. |

THE WATER CARRIER
(24 December 1936),
A folk-comedy, with music, in two acts by Jacob Prager,
presented by the Yiddish Art Theatre at the 49th Street
Theatre (W. of Broadway). Abraham Weinstein, Lessee. Boris
Bernardi, House Manager. Directed by
Maurice Schwartz, musical score by Alexander Olshanetsky,
settings and costumes by Robert Van Rosen and dances by Lillian Shapero.
The Ensemble Players, Ins. Executive Staff: Martin Schwartz,
Leon Hoffman, Managers. Nat Dorfman, English Press Agent.
Gertrude Wagner, Treasurer. Technical Staff: Ben Katz, Stage
Manager. Abe Mitnick, Carpenter. Joe Burdin, Electrician.
Edward Kirtland, Properties. Wigs by Zauder Bros. Piano by
Kramer. Costumes by Meth & Gropper.
Reb' Yossele
Parnos
Malkele, his wife
Tsipe, their servant
The Litwack (Lithuanian)
Simcha Plachta
Baile, his wife, an orphan
Reb' Yukel Shoifer
The Poretz (Lord of the Town)
His
First Aide
His
Second Aide
Zalmen
Notte
The Dressmaker
Kroine Glitchik
Duvidel
Esther
Shprintze
Nuchom
Slim Schloime
First Butcher
Second Butcher
Third Butcher
The Rain man
The Snow man |
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Alex
Tenenholtz
Anna Appel
Berta Gerstin
Michel Rosenberg
Maurice Schwartz
Anna Teitelbaum
Anatol Winogradoff
Morris Silberkasten
Max Freedlander
Samuel Lehrer
Wolff Goldfadden
Zvi Scooler
Bronia Newman
Sonia Radina
Ben Besenko
Nadia Niroslavsky
Philo Biro
Solomon Krause
Harvey Kier
Louis Hyman
Albert Golub
Israel Sanik
Zvi Scooler
Robert Harris |
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photo:
Anna Teitelbaum,
as Baile, wife of
Simcha Plachta. |
Women: Nadia
Niroslavky, Sonia Radina, Miriam Anviah, Bronia
Newman, Philo Biro, Bina Talmudi, Eva Franklin.
Men: Leon Bassin, Ben Metz, Albert Golub, Israel
Sanik, Mark Toby, Saul
Kovko, Samuel Hoffman, Edward Freedlander, David
Alexander.
Boys: Herschel Bernardi,
Robert Donner, Joseph Schechtman, Selwyn Golub, Leonard
Rosenblum, Leo Schechtman.
The Action of the play takes
place in a Polish Village many years ago.

BROTHERS ASHKENAZI
(20 September 1937),
a play in two parts and
seventeen scenes, dramatized
and directed by Maurice Schwartz and I.
J. Singer; staged by Maurice
Schwartz; costumes by Gaiptman Studio; technical
director Morris Strassberg;
settings and costumes by
Alexander Chertoff; dances by Gluck Sandor; music by Verdina Shlionsky;
music conducted by Sholom Secunda. Production controlled by
the Engsemble Players, Inc. Executive Staff: Edwin A. Relkin,
General Manager; Leon Hoffman, Milton Weintraub, Managers;
Lewis Kasten, Treasurer; Gertrude Wagner, Assistant
Treasurer; Morris Crystal, Theatre Parties; Maurice Turet,
English Press Representative; Motele Neuman, Secretary to
Maurice Schwartz; Sigmund Gottlober, Program Publisher,
Walter H. Morin (Advertising Guild, Inc.), Advertising.
Technical Staff: Ben Katz, Stage Manager, Leonard Zurit,
Assistant Stage Manager; Jacob Bakst, Master Carpenter;
Harry Fox, Master Electrician; Sam Wolinsky, Master of
Properties; Sam Lehrer, Master of Wardrobe. Wigs by Zauder
Bros., Costumes by Meth & Gropper. Eighteenth Season. At the Yiddish
Art Theatre, 932 Seventh
Avenue, New York City.
Johanan Ashkenazi
Abraham Hersh, his son (as a child)
Abraham Hersh (as an adult)
Roise, Abraham Hersh's
wife
Simcha Meyer (as child)
Jacob Bunim (as child)
Simcha Meyer (as an adult)
Jacob Bunim (as an adult)
Dinah, Simcha Meyer's wife
Gertrude, their daughter
Ignatz, their son
Pearl, Jacob Bunim's wife
Chaim Alter, Dinah's father
Privah, Dinah's mother
Leibush, Chaim Alter's supervisor
Heinz Huntze
Matilda, his wife
Johan, their son
Elizabeth, their daughter
Inn-keeper
His wife
A Tailor
A Cobbler
A boy
Sarah Leah, a servant
A sexton
Shmuel Chasid
Melchior, Huntze's servant
First German workman
Second German workman
A peasant-woman
Her daughter
Red-headed weaver
Old Weaver
Pinie, a weaver
Tevye "the-world-doesn't-come-to-an end"
The young weaver
The Badchen (rhymester)
Rosenheim's sisters
Rabbi from Alexander
First girl-friend
Second girl-friend
Third girl-friend
A Hebrew teacher
Hodes
A Merchant
Velvel, Abraham Hersh's servant
The Governor
Albrecht, Director of Factory
Herman, Simcha Meyer's secretary
A Pack-carrier
First butler
Second butler
Third Butler
Nissen, leader of workers in Simcha Meyer's factory
General Kunitzin
Factory-servant
Cheka official
The Red Army man
Polish gendarme
Polish Officer
First mourner
Second mourner
Third mourner
Red Jokhanan
The Aristocratic Lady
The Author |
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Julius Adler
Jerome Robbins
Izidor Casher
Leah Naomi
Victor Marcus
Frank Schechtman
Maurice Schwartz
Samuel Goldenburg
Gerta Rosen
Helen Beverly
Zwee Scooler
Anna Teitelbaum
Michael Rosenberg
Liza Silbert
Samuel Rudensky
Kurt Katch
Clara Deutschman
Moishe Zilberkasten
Janet Brand
Wolf Goldfaden
Sonia Gurskaya
Zwee Scooler
Nuchem Brind
David Alexander
Bertha Hart
Adolf Erberg
Reuben Wendorf
Norman Gewirtzman
Wolf Goldblum
Jacob Nadler
Esther Neroslavskaya
Elizabeth Charney
Reuben Dorf
Moishe Strassberg
Aaron Sternberg
Abraham Teitelbaum
Hirsh Kirshman
Adolf Erberg
Philo Bira and Esthere Neroslavskya
Zwee Stern
Miriam Wajda
Celia Lipzin
Elizabeth Charney
William Krause
Sonia Berman
Yudel Dubinsky
Julius Adler
Zeb Gold
Morris Strasberg
Leonard Zurit
Shloyme Krauze
Aaron Sternberg
Arthur Spencer
Julius Abler
Nuchem Brind
Robert Harris
Yudel Dubinsky
Reuben Wendorf
Leon Kirsky
Jacob Shuchman
Wolf Goldfaden
Morris Zilberkasten
Shmuel Rudensky
A. Erbstein
Harry Ker
Sonia Gurski
Adolph Erber |
Men, women,
Germans, Chassidim, waiters, weavers, dancers,
officers, servants, wedding guests, red army
soldiers, Polish soldiers, played by:
Leon Bassin, Leonard Zurit, Jacob Shapiro,
Leibush Peretz, Julius Abler, Samuel Marmor,
Norman Gewirtzman, Arthur Spencer, Bob Kelston,
Jacob Shuchman, Leib Weinzaft, Isidor Kaplan,
Clara Deutchman, Feila Biro, David Alexander,
Jerome Schpiro, Gloria Samuels, Sylvia Lipton,
Sylvia Seigal, Louise Horne, Lawrence McMillan,
George Nash, George Robbins, Marvin Marzoff,
Arthur Spolter, Terry Chilagg, Evely Burns,
Sonia Kallenberg, Bonnie Schneider, Natalie
Barnes.
Chasidic Chants Composed by Sholom Secunda. |

THREE CITIES (10 October 1938),
Dramatized by Maurice Schwartz from the novel by Sholem
Asch. Presented by the Ensemble Players, Inc. Music by
Sholom Secunda. Settings by Samuel Leve. Dances by Lillian
Shapero. Managers Martin Schwartz and Leon Hoffman. Stage
Manager Ben-Zion Katz. Assistant Leonard Zurit. Starring Maurice Schwartz. At The Yiddish
Art Theatre, 932 7th Avenue (7th Avenue, b. 58th and 59th
Street.)
Olga Michailovna
Shachliner (Weinberg)
Pan Kviatkovski
Koenigstein
Zachary Mirkin
Solomon Ossipovitch Halperin
Nina
Madame Kvasniecova
Vassily Alexandrovitch
Rachel-Leha Hurvitz
Gabriel Mirkin
David Hurvitz
Zoha (later Comrade Sofia)
Helene
Shloime Hurvitz |
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Genia Schlitt
Izidor Casher
Morris Silberkasten
Lazar Freed
Jacob Ben-Ami
Samuel Goldinburg
Luba Kadison
Bertha Hurt
Albert Klar
Bertha Gersten
Ben-Zvee Barattoff
Michael Goldstein
Mania Schlossberg
Judith Abarbanell
Maurice Schwartz |

WHO IS WHO (23 December 1938),
By H. Leivick. A play in three acts. Ensemble Players,
Inc. presents the Yiddish Art Theatre Players. Settings by
Samuel Leve. Music by Sholom Secunda. Executive Staff:
Martin Schwartz, Leon Hoffman, Managers. Mollie Steinberg,
English Press Representative. Max Kreshover, Yiddish Press
Representative. Thelma Lippe, Lecturer. Matilda Neuman,
Secretary. Mitchell Kanter, Treasurer. Gertrude Wagner,
Asst. Treasurer. Wasserman & Wasserman, Auditors. Abraham H.
Sarasohn, Counsel. Theatre Staff: Shoom Secunda, Musical
Director. Ben-Zion Katz, Stage Manager. Ben David, Asst.
Stage Manager. Samuel Lehrer, Wardrobe Master. Joseph
Schwartzberg, Librarian. Israel Misbin, Superintendent.
Technical Staff: William Mensching, Carpenter. Joseph
Lieberson, Electrician. Edward Kurtland, Property Man.
Settings painted by Centre Studios, Inc. Costumes by Meth &
Gropper. Wigs by Zauder Bros. Nineteenth Season. Season
1938-1939. At The Yiddish Art Theatre, 932 7th
Avenue (7th Avenue, b. 58th and 59th Street.)
Professor Alexander Shelling
Mary (his sister)
Elizabeth (his daughter)
Ludwig (his son)
Dr. Ziro
Herman Shacht
Ada Samuels
Leo Samuels
Judge Evans
Emma (a nurse)
Secretary to Judge Evans
Reporter |
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Maurice Schwartz
Genia Schlitt
Miriam Riselle
Zvee Scooler
Isidore Casher
Samuel Goldenburg
Judith Abarbanell
David Popper
Jacob Ben-Ami
Sonia Gurskyia
Reuben Wendorf
Arthur Winters |

YOSHE KALB (revival) (4 February
1939),
By I. J. Singer. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 7th Avenue and
59th Street.
Reb Melech,
the
Nieshever
Rabbi
Konon
Nechumsche/Yoshe
Kalb
Dayen of
Bialygorer
Mechele
Hivnever
Redheaded
Beggar
Dinenberger
Rabbi
Serele
Wife of
Nieshever
Rabbi
Zivyah,
Konon's
daughter
Poor Man
Poor Man
Israel
Avigdor
MOtye Godol
Young Man
Young Man
Young Man
Nieshever
Chasid
The
Katerinchik
Krakow Rabbi
Lizshanere
Rabbi
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Maurice
Schwartz
Luba Kadison
Bertha
Gerstin
Isadore
Cashier
Lazar Fried
Ben Zvee
Baratoff
Zvi Schooler
Jacob
Ben-Ami
Gustav
Schacht
Noah
Nachbush
Pinchas
Sherman
Anatole
Winogradoff
Judith
Abarbanel
Anna Appel
Helen
Zelinska
Uri Kaner
Isaac
Sverdloff
Morris
Silberkasten
Wolf
Goldfaden
Joseph
Schwartzberg
Eli Mintz
Saul
Fruchter
Michael
Rosenberg
Michael
Gibson
Isaac
Rothblum
Louis
Weisberg
Morris
Strassberg
Rubin
Wendorf
David Popper |

A FAR-AWAY CORNER (A farvosen vinkl) (revival) (February 1939),
By Peretz Hirschbein. In four acts.
Chaim
Hersh
Notah
Kreinah
Kreisel
Noah
Tzirl
Todros
K'Hatzkel
Dobah
Chaya |
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Maurice Schwartz
Isidore Cashier
Anna Appel
Bertha Hart
Jacob Ben Ami
Luba Kadison
Michael Goldstein
Ben Zion Katz
Sonya Gurskaya
Shulamith Shechter |

SALVATION (28 September
1939),
By Sholem Asch. In two parts. Dramatized and directed by
Maurice Schwartz. Music by Sholom Secunda. Settings by Alex
Chertov. Dances by Lillian Shapero.
Incidental music by Sholom Secunda; dance by Lillian Shapero.
At The Yiddish Art Theatre, 932 7th Avenue (7th Avenue, b.
58th and 59th Street.)
Rabbi Mendele (the
Rabbi of Kotzk)
First Chassid
Second Chassid
Third Chassid
Fourth Chassid
Psachyeh
Boruch Moysche
Jechiel, his son
Schloyme Wolf
Malke, his wife
Reisel, their daughter
Thaddeus, a peasant
First Merchant
Second Merchant
Third Merchant
Pan Wydawski
Anton, his valet
Kabbalist
Relative
Relative
Feibusch, a teacher
Ezrial (the sick Jew)
First Gentleman (Panitsch)
Second Gentleman (Panitsch)
A Servant
Reb Israel, the carter
Reb Selig, the horse-dealer
Sarah, his wife
Reisel, their daughter
Hirsch Saxton
The Caterer
A Woman
The Sick Daughter
Priest Wisniecki
Helena, a Nun
Oyserl, the thief
Stepan Dombovsky
The Strange Jew
The Holy Tailor |
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Maurice Schwartz
Julius Adler
Morris Strassberg
Ben Zion Schoenfeld
Leon Gold
M. Schorr
Abraham Teitelbaum
Leo Fuchs
Isidore Cashier
Anna Appel
Miriam Riselle
Mark Schweid
Morris Feder
Wolf Goldfaden
M. Bilawsky
Gustav Schacht
S. Krause
Zvee Scooler
S. Lipzin
E. Neroslavsky
B. Schoenfeld
Morris Schorr
M. Feder
Wolf Goldfaden
Celia Lipzin
Morris Strassberg
Maurice Schwartz
Bertha Gersten
Miriam Riselle
S. Krause
Rebecca Weintraub
Esther Neroslavsky
Celia Leibman
Julius Adler
Sonya Gursky
Leon Gold
Zvee Scooler
Gustav Schacht
Mark Schweid |
A few parts will be
alternated by the following performers: Jecheil--Leon
Gold; Reisel--Judith Abarbanell; Pan Wydawski--Wolf
Goldfaden.
The action takes place in
the early Eighteen Hundreds in Poland, under the regime
of Tsar Alexander.

IF I WERE A ROTHSCHILD
(Ven ikh bin rotshild) (23 December 1939),
By Sholem Aleichem. A satirical comedy in two acts and six
scenes by Maurice Schwartz. Built from Sholem Aleichem's
monologue with the same name. Music by Sholom Secunda,
direction by Maurice Schwartz. Scenery by A. Chertov, Dance
by Naomi Liff. Adapted and directed by Maurice
Schwartz. Leon Fuchs replaced Maurice Schwartz, as the
latter had pneumonia. Also starring Abraham Lax (who had
then taken Leo Fuchs' part), Anna Appel,
Miriam Kressyn, Leon Gold, Mark Schweid, Julius Adler, Zvee
Scooler, Wolf Goldfaden, Gustave Schacht and a dozen more.
Settings by Alex Chertov, incidental music by Sholom Secunda.
At The Yiddish Art Theatre, 932 7th Avenue (7th Avenue, b.
58th and 59th Street.)
Chaim Chone, the
melamed
The rabbi's wife
Beyle
Velvel
R' Yosefel
Menachem Mendel
Sheyne Sheyndel
Gedalya |
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Leo Fuchs/Abraham
Lax
Anna Appel
Miriam Kressyn
Leon Gold
Mark Schweid
Maurice Schwartz/Leo Fuchs
Esther Neroslavska
Julius Adler |

ESTER'KE (17 October 1940),
A play in two parts and twelve scenes, by Aaron Zeitlin.
Directed by Maurice Schwartz. Settings by Alexander Chertov.
21st season. At The Yiddish Art
Theatre, 2nd Avenue and 4th Street. (Sholem Perlmutter
Collection, RG289/Box 115/no. 3288.)
Pashko
Yadvigo
Yanko
Magda
First Peasant
Deborah
Esterke
Lech
Jeruchim
Gabriel
Jester
King Kasimierz
Chancellor Jan Souchivilk
Spitek
Matchko Borkowitch
Baritchka
Levko, the Royal Appraiser
Queen Adelaida
First Rabbi
Sexton
First Lady-in-Waiting
Second Lady-in-Waiting
The King's Nurse
Village Priest
First Guard
Second Guard
Old Peasant
Second Rabbi
Govareck
Kochan
Lunatic |
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Leon Gold
Goldie Lubritsky
Meyer Scherr
Anna Hollander
Solomon Krause
Lucy German
Miriam Riselle
Maurice Schwartz
Isidor Casher
Mark Lerner
Mark Schweid
Samuel Goldenburg
Misha Fishzohn
Morris Kroner
Muni Serebrov
Abraham Teitelbaum
Misha German
Luba Kadison
Louis Heyman
Ben Zion Schoenfeld
Lisa Varon
Celia Lipzin
Anna Appel
Anatol Winogradoff
Louis Weissberg
Meyer Scherr
Pauline Hoffman
Isidor Hollander
Mordecai Yachson
Morris Bilawsky
Lazar Freed |

Photo from the Brooklyn Daily
Eagle, 14 October 1940. |
Knights, Royal
Guards, Peasants, Jews, Musicians, Nuns
acted by: Willie Secunda, Morris Steinberg,
Tevya Granville, Louis Herbert, Richard
Kaplan, David Stuart, George Himmelstein,
Joseph Leon, Harold Inkerman, Izzie Kaplan,
Bertha De-Costa, Ruth Lawrence, Deborah
Gruenstein, Tanya Poritz, Mordecai Yachson,
Morris Bilawsky, Solomon Krause, Lisa Varon,
Celia Lipzin, Louis Heyman, Ben Zion
Schoenfeld, Zalman Lehrer, Louis Weissberg,
Isidor Hollander.
Executive staff:
For the YAT: William Rolland, GM; Nathan
Parnes, House Mgr.; Menachem Edelheit,
Theatre Parties; Leon Hoffman, Yid. Press
Rep.; James Proctor, Eng. Press Rep.; Jay
Willias, Ass't Rep.; Martin Schwartz and Ben
Chasen, Treasurers; Samuel Lehrer, Wardrobe
Master; Alexander Chertov, Scenic Artist.
Costumes by Meth and Gropper; wigs by Zauder
Bros. |

SENDER BLANK (20 November
1940),
By Sholem Aleichem.
In two parts, six scenes. Dramatization and Direction by
Jacob Rothbaum. Music by Sholom Secunda. Settings by Alex.
Chertov.
Executive Staff (For the YAT): William Roland,
General Manager; Nathan Parnes, House Manager; Menachem
Edelheit, Theatre Parties; William Mercur, Yiddish Press
Representative; James Proctor, English Press Representative;
Jay Williams, Ass't Representative; Martin Schwartz and Ben
Chasen, Treasurers; Thelma Lippe, Lecturer. For Maurice
Schwartz: Milton Weintraub, Company Manager; Matilda Neuman,
Secretary; Sholom Secunda, Musical Director; Ben Shoenfeld, Ass't Stage Manager; Max
Frielander, Librarian.
Technical Staff: William Mensching,
Carpenter; Joseph Lieberson, Electrician; Louis Lieberson,
Propertyman; Samuel Lehrer, Wardrobe Master; Alexander
Chertov, Scenic Artist; Ben Zion Katz, Stage Manager. Credits:
Meth & Gropper, Costumes; Zauder Bros., Wigs; Sigmund
Gottlober, Publisher, Programs, Gowns Executed by Suzanne
Frisch; Advertising, Walter H. Morin, Advertising Guild,
Inc.,
At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 2nd Avenue and 4th Street.
Sender Blank, the
richest man in town
Miriam, his second wife
Marcus, his son by his second wife
Chaim, his son by his first wife
Sonya, Chaim's wife
Reveka Zemel, Sender's daughter by his first
wife
Ossip Zemel, Reveka's husband
Aunt Dobrish, Sender's elder sister
Dr. Kluger
Froike, Sender's servant
Zelda, a maid in the Blank household
Clara, a dressmaker
Reb Zhiamke Gingold, formerly a rich man
Lizotchka, his daughter
Meyer Zilberman, a townsman
Zalmen Perlmutter, a townsman
Reb Kalmen Floken, leader of the burial society
Motel, the tailor
Prof. Klotz
Janitor
Layzer, the cobbler
The Charitable Matron
Rafael'ke, the Sexton
A Widow
A blind beggar
A lame beggar
The hunchback
Pack Carrier
First gravedigger
Second gravedigger
First young man
Second young man
Lunatic |
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Maurice Schwartz
Lucy Gehrman
Muni Serebrov
Leon Gold
Hannah Hollander
Luba Kadison
Anatol Winogradov
Anna Appel
Ben-Zion Shoenfeld
Mark Schweid
Celia Litpzin
Goldie Lubritzky
Misha Gehrman
Judith Abarbanell
Maurice Krohner
Misha Fiszohn
Isidore Casher
Abraham Teitelbaum
Lazar Freed
Solomon Krause
William Secunda
Pauline Hoffman
Ben Zion Katz
Liza Varon
Ben Zion Shoenfeld
Louis Heyman
Goldie Lubritzky
Meyer Sherr
Morris Bilavsky
Max Friedlander
Harold Kronsky
Morris Steinberg
Bertha de Costa |
Men, women, guests,
townspeople.
Scene of action takes place in Berditchev, Russia, in
the year 1910.

WORLDS APART
(22 January 1941),
By Benjamin Ressler. Starring Maurice Schwartz, Isidore
Casher, Mark Schweid, Samuel Goldenburg, Lucy German, Anna
Appel, Muni Serebrov et al.

KIDDUSH HASHEM (revival)
(February 1941),
Starring Maurice Schwartz, Samuel Goldenburg, Luba Kadison,
Isadore Cashier, Mark Schweid, Lucy and Misha Gehrman,
Judith Abarbanel, Anna Appel et al.

THE DAY OF JUDGMENT (Der yom khdin) (6 October 1941),
a play in two parts and fifteen scenes, based on a novel by John Sorsky, dramatized
and directed by Maurice Schwartz. Musical score by Lazar
Klutzman. Musical Director Harry Lubin. Settings Alex
Chertov. Costumes executed by Suzanne Frisch. Stage Manager
Ben Zion Katz. Edwin A. Relkin, General Manager. Milton
Weintraub, Manager. William Mercur, Press Representative.
Maurice Turet, English Press Rep., Mitchell Kantor, Lewis
Kasten, Treasurers, Rae Greenberg, Secretary. Technical
Staff and Credits: Costumes, Meth & Gropper; Wigs, Zauder
Bros., Wardrobe Master, Samuel Lehrer; William Mensching,
Master Carpenter, Joseph Lieberson, Master Electrician;
Louis Lieberson, Property Man. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, 7th Avenue and
59th Street.
Welvel, the poet (town
lunatic)
First Elder
Second Elder
Third Elder
Rabbi Jacob of Sterdin
Sonia (Music Teacher)
Ilya (Her brother)
Rebecca (Rabbi Jacob's daughter)
Sarah (Rabbi Jacob's wife)
Basha Dvorah (Their maid)
Town Gossipers:
General Prostyernoff
Anna Andreyeva
Olga Michaylova
Eida Rosenkrantz
Johan Rosenkrantz
Herr Mendelsohn
Servant
Madame Rosenkrantz
David Rosenkrantz
Professor Albert Kramer (Conductor of "Vienna
Hoff-Opera")
Woman With Child
Elderly Man
Palestinian
"Pristov"
First Judge
Second Judge
Third Judge
Head of Military Tribunal
Grobofsky
Secretary
Servants, Jews, Policemen, Soldiers |
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Julius Adler
Naum Twersky
Morris Bilofsky
Sol Krause
Lazar Freed
Luba Kadison
Anatol Winogradov
Miriam Rubini
Rebecca Weintraub
Dora Weissman
Simon Safir
Saul Rabin
Levy Goldman
Michel Redstone
Jacob Ben-Ami
Goldie Lubritzki
Bertha Gersten
Judith Abarbanel
Ben Basenko
Sol Kronman
Jacob Tamny
Liza Silbert
Abraham Teitelbaum
Maurice Schwartz
Celia Liptzin
Morris Bilicoff
Ben Basenko
Maurice Krohner
Jacob Mestel
Meyer Karen
Zisha Shain
Abraham Teitelbaum
Ruben Wendorf
Baruch Gavron
Oscar Hamowitz
Bernard Gaylor
Joseph Cohen
Stanley Coburn
William Tobin
Shepard Menken
Herman Abrams
Richard Tietz |

THE FAMILY CARNOVSKY (18 October 1943),
By I. J. Singer. In two parts and seven scenes. Directed
by Maurice Schwartz, Music by Joseph Rumshinsky, Settings
designed by H. A. Condell, Stage Manager: Ben Zion Katz. General Manager Edwin A. Relkin.
Managers: Mitchel Kanter and William Mercur. English press
rep.: Maurice Turet. Treasurer: Frances Weintraub. Ass't
Treasurer: Gertrude Wagner. Carpenter: Dennis Sulivan.
Electrician: Joseph Lieberson. Master of Wardrobe: Benjamin
Rosenzweig. Master of Prop.: Frank Angello. House physician:
Dr. Julius Broder. Ass't Stage Designer: Diane Gail Wixman.
Costumes: Brooks. Wigs: Zauder Bros. Furniture and Props:
Encore Studios, Inc. Electric Fixtures: Broadway Stage
Lighting.
This was the 125th production of Maurice
Schwartz and the Yiddish Art Theatre company. At the Yiddish
Art Theatre (formerly the Adelphi Theatre), 152 W. 54th
Street (and 7th Avenue). 25th Anniversary Season of the YAT.
The
Narrator
David Carnovsky, prominent merchant
Leah Carnovsky, his wife
Georg Carnovsky, their son, an M. D.
Rebecca Carmovsky, their daughter
Theresa Holbeck, later wife of Georg
Jegor Carnovsky, son of Georg and Theresa
Mrs. Holbeck, Theresa's mother
Hogo Holbeck, her son, Lt. in imperial German
army
Solomon Burak, owner of a large bargain store
Yetta, his wife
Ruth, their daughter
Rabbi Dr. Speier
Efraim Walder, book dealer
Lippman, matchmaker
Dr. Cohen, M. D.
Dr. Kirchenmeyer, school teacher
Kommerzrat Moser, editor
Frau Kommerzrat Moser
Samuel Levi
Storm Trooper
Patient
Deaf Patient
Greta, a nurse
School Superintendent
Karl, servant of Dr. Carnovsky
Herman, Servant of Dr. Carnovsky
Maid at David Carnovsky
Tall Man
Crippled war veteran
Stout man
Widow
Student |
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Anatole Winogradov
Isidore Casher
Rebecca Weintraub
Maurice Schwartz
Charlotte Goldstein
Muriel Gruber
Paul Levitt
Lisa Silbert
Mario Gang
Yudel Dubinsky
Rose Greenfield
Zelda Gould
Leon Gold
Boris Auerbach
Michael Goldstein
Anatole Wingradov
Abraham Teitelbaum
Morris Feder
Seesel Pearson
Meyer Scherr
Morris Krohner
Celia Liptzin
Jenny Casher
Rosetta Cohen
Frank Kressman
Benedict Stein
Solomon Krause
Zena Stern
William Nager
Shloime Crouse
Moyshe Byelavsky
Dorothy Leibert
Bernie Horowitz |
Storm troopers,
Nazi agitators, students, played by: Jerry
Abramowitz, Jerome Rifkin, George Leavitt,
Fred Hellerman, Robert Miller, Isadore
Blitz, Alex Berkowitz, Jim Machin, Paul
Steiner. |

THREE GIFTS (Der dray matones) (1 October 1945),
By I. L. Peretz. A play in two parts and twelve scenes.
Dramatized by Melach Ravitch and Maurice Schwartz. Music by
Joseph Rumshinsky. Play staged by Maurice Schwartz. Dances
by Lillian Shapero, Settings and Costumes by H. A. Condell.
Stage Manager Leib Kadison. M. Bielavsky and Isidore Elgart
Ass't Stage Managers. Maurice Strassberg. Wig Designer;
Isadore Lash Librarian.
Lyrics from the works of I. L. Peretz.
Business Staff: Mitchell
Kantor, General Manager; Max Kreshover, Business Manager;
William Mercur, Manager of Publicity; Anne Woll, English
Publicity; Lewis Kasten, Harry B. Kaufman, Treasurers.
Technical Staff: Jerry Beaver, Master Carpenter; Charles
Saltzman, Master Electrician; Sam Wolinsky, Master of
Properties; A. Mensch, Max Tannenbaum, Masters of Wardrobe;
Saltzman Brothers, Stage Production; Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Lehrer, Costumes. At the Yiddish Art
Theatre (formerly Public Theatre), 2nd Avenue at 4th Street.
Musicians:
Meyer
Chaim (Son of Joel)
Shamay (Musicians)
Levy
Pesha
Mirel (Wife of Joel)
Joel (her husband, father of the musicians)
In-Law
Badchan (Wedding Jester)
Reb Azriel (Town Magnate)
His Wife
First Guest
The Rabbi
White Angel
Dark Angel
Judge Superior
First Judge
Second Judge
White Scribe
Dark Scribe
Widow
Yochananan (the water carrier)
Shachneh (Inn-Keeper)
Yachneh (His Wife)
First Peasant
Second Peasant
Third Peasant
Gypsy Woman
Reb Shloime (Merchant)
Sheindele
Chief of Police
Police Sergeant
Reb Shmuel
David (the Bridegroom)
Herman Schiklhaber (Presiding Magistrate of
Brandenburg)
First Judge
Second Judge
Roselein |
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Abraham Lax
Michael Goldstein
Gustav Berger
Yudel Dubinsky
Luba Kadison
Berta Gerstin
Maurice Schwartz
Sam Levine
Charles Cohan
Isidore Elgart
Lena Marcus
Celia Lipzin
Abraham Teitelbaum
Leon Gold
Menachem Rubin
Victor Bergman
Morris Bielawsky
Max Tanenbaum
Jacob Brandis
Max Rosen
Rebecca Weintraub
Isador Cashier
Morris Strassberg
Celia Pearson
Isaac Arco
Herman Serotzky
Leib Kenigsberg
Jenny Cashier
Boris Auerbach
Charlotte Goldstein
Mischa Fishson
Solomon Krause
Meyer Scherr
Paul Steiner
Morris Strassberg
Solomon Krause
Morris Bielawsky
Muriel Gruber |
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photo:
Maurice Schwartz, as Joel. |
Wedding Guests, Dark and White Angels, Roumanian
Peasants, Pilgrims to Palestine, Police, German
Mob and Monks Portrayed by:
Lisa Silbert, Ann Sytton, Goldie Lubritzky,
Herman Serotzsky, Max Rosen, Paul Seiner, Sam
Levin, Isadore Lash, Leib Konigsberg and Max
Applebaum
Dancers: Nina Caiserman, Beatrice Weiseman,
Marion Levine and Lillian Zanor.
Action takes place in the eastern part of Europe
in the second half of the last century. |

DOCTOR HERZL (20 December 1945),
a play in two parts and twelve scenes, by H. R. Lenz and G.
Nilioff. Play staged by Maurice Schwartz; Music by Joseph
Rumsinsky; Settings by H. A. Condell; Pictures on Stage
Painted by Leib Kadison. At the Yiddish Art Theatre
(formerly Public Theatre), 2nd Avenue at 4th Street.
Reb Israel (a boyhood
friend of Dr. Herzl)
His Grandson (a lieutenant)
Josephine
Anatole Bergson
Dr. Marmorek
Dr. Theodore Herzl
Baron De Hirsch
Herr Kramer (Secretary to Baron De Hirsch)
Berta, Baroness von Suttner
Dr. Karl Lippe
Dr. Max Nordau
Jacob Herzl
Adolph (Valet)
Gretchen (Maid)
Jeanette Herzl
Julia Herzl
David Wolfsohn
Philip Michael Newelinsky
William Hechler (a Minister)
Franz, Baron von Bulow
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Sulamith, Chalutzim
Nechamah, Chalutzim
Moyshe, Chalutzim
Nechamya, Chalutzim
Shoshana, Chalutzim
Basya, Chalutzim
Dr. Schnurer
An Arab
Reb Schmerel
Ibrahim Bey
Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Masha (a Maid)
Wasil (a Servant)
Trudi (Daughter of Dr. Herzl)
Ben Yitzchok Goldberg
Dr. Yechiel Techlenoff
Birinsky
Letter Carrier
Yitzchok Sofer
Reb Schloime (the Rabbi of Wilno)
Reich
Chalit (Secretary to Dr. Herzl)
Israel Zangwill
A Nurse |
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Yudel Dubinsky
Leib Kenigsberg
Goldie Lubritsky
Isaac Arco
Morris Strassberg
Maurice Schwartz
Boris Auerbach
Solomon Krause
Luba Kadison
Meyer Sherr
Abraham Teitelbaum
Isidore Casher
Jacob Levine
Jennie Casher
Berta Gerstin
Muriel Gruber
Menachem Rubin
Isidore Elgard
Misha Fishson
Michael Goldstein
Gustave Berger
Charlotte Goldstein
Celia Liptzin
Max Tennenbaum
Leo Gold
Lillian Katz
Betty Gisnet
Max Rosen
Morris Belavsky
Abraham Lax
Meyer Scherr
Morris Strassberg
Celia Pearson
Charles Cohan
Isobel Wasserman
Isaac Arco
Yudel Dubinsky
Solomon Krause
Morris Belavsky
Michael Goldstein
Herman Serotsky
Meyer Scherr
Boris Auerbach
Leib Kadison
Lisa Silbert |

SONG OF THE DNIEPER
(25 October 1946),
a dramatization by David Licht of Zalman Shneour's novel.
Staged by the author; scenery by Samuel Leve; musical score
by Joseph Rumshinsky; produced by Maurice Schwartz. At the
Yiddish Art Theatre (formerly Public Theatre), 2nd Avenue at
4th Street.
Leizer'l Voytch
Katrin'ka
Kushkeh Brand
Pesach'ka Turehey
Zavel
Butcher Boy
Leib'l
Yoshkeh, the Barber
Modyeh, the Truthful
Reb Chaim Nogid
His Wife
Commissioner of Police
Chayeh Surkah
Reb Sender
Noah Pandre
Sender's Wife
Mary
Lady of the Manor
Her Maid
The Rabbi
Judge
The Prosecutor
Defense Attorney
Shefteleh, the Thief
Matras
Chatze, the Furrier
Teshurillo, the Cutthroat
His Stooge
Prison Guard
Sexton |
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Menachem Rubin
Charlotte Goldstein
Gustave Berger
Meyer Scherr
Yudel Dubinsky
Moyshe Belavsky
Saul Krause
Boris Auerbach
Charles Cohan
Morris Strassberg
Celia Pearson
Isaac Arco
Luba Kadison
Isidore Casher
Maurice Schwartz
Anna Appel
Ola Shlifko
Frances Adler
Jenny Casher
Mark Schweid
Misha Fishon
Morris Krohner
Leib Kadison
Jacob Rechtzeit
Michael Eisman
Abraham Teitelbaum
Misha Fishon
Saul Kkrause
Max Steiner
Nathan Kanter |

WANDERING STARS
(Blondzhende
shtern) (revival)
(13 December 1946),
a comedy in two parts and
eleven scenes. Dramatized and Staged by Maurice Schwartz.
Music by Abraham Goldfaden and Joseph Rumshinsky. Settings
by Alexander Chertoff. Stage Manager Morris Strassberg. At
the Yiddish Art Theatre, Second Ave. at 4th Street.By Sholem Aleichem.
The Actor of Today
Motl (Secretary to Goldfaden)
Abraham Goldfaden
Davidovitch, the choirleader
Leah, the Cantor's Wife
Bernard Holtzman--(Hotzmach)
Reisele, the Cantor's Daughter, later Rosa Spivack
Leib'l--later, Leon Rafalesco
Shtchupak, the Theatre Director
Sholom Mayer, the Theatre Manager and Jack-of-All-Trades
Breindele Cossack, Character Actress
Young Man
Character Actor (as Munoach of Sulamith)
Tzingentang
Prima Donna
Benny Rafalovitch, Leib'l's father and Owner of the Barn
Theatre
First Driver
Second Driver
Zlatke, Holtzman's Sister
Bruche, Holtzman's Mother
Dr. Levitan
Isaac Schwalb, an actor
Henrietta, an actress
Meyer Stelmach
Grischa, Stelmach's son, a violinist
Nissel Schwalf, Isaac's Brother and Manager of London
Theatre
Clummer, Restaurant Proprietor in Whitechapel |
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Abraham Teitelbaum
Sol Krause
Gustave Berger
Morris Krohner
Frances Adler
Maurice Schwartz
Beatrice Kessler
Jacob Rechtzeit
Menachem Rubin
Mark Schweid
Anna Appel
Samuel Beckley
Morris Belafsky
Charles Cohen
Celia Pearson
Misha Fishon
Meyer Scherr
Joseph Mark
Charlotte Goldstein
Jennie Casher
Isaac Arco
Yudel Dubinsky
Ola Shlifko
Isidor Casher
Louis Epstein
Abraham Teitelbaum
Charles Cohan |
Actors, chorus, musicians, theatregoers,
Roumanian policemen. Played by Judith Wayne,
Evelyn Morrison, Anna Stouber, Saul Speizer,
Stella Berg, Philip Spiegel, Sidney Lubelsky,
David Menkes, Maya Pollock, Sam Beckley,
Sidney Friedman, Zalman Schindler, Joseph
Berman, Gloria Rappel, Chaim Blumstein,
Yashe Rosen, Frank Moneyton, Ber Rochov,
Sender Blum, Joe Greenwald, Sarah Tamara,
Lillian Katz, Sue Wasserman, Max Kraskov.
Time of Action: 1890 to 1893. |

SHYLOCK AND HIS DAUGHTER
(29 September 1947),
a drama in two parts and fourteen scenes, based on Ari Ibn-Zahav's historical interpretation of "The Merchant of
Venice." Dramatized by Maurice Schwartz, with the assistance
of Mr. Ibn-Zahav. Dramatized and staged by Maurice Schwartz; music by Joseph Rumshinsky; dances arranged by David Lison
and Selma Schneider; scenic design by James R. Hotchkiss; produced by the
Yiddish Art Theatre. At the Yiddish Art Theatre (formerly
Public Theatre), 2nd Avenue at 4th Street.
Shylock
Jessica, his daughter
Launcelot, servant in Shylock's household
Stephano, servant in Shylock's household
Samuel Morro
Lorenzo, supervisor of Shylock's bank
Antonio, Merchant of Venice
Portia, his wife
Abraham Morano
Roberto
Dona Camilla
Duke of Venice
Dr. Klonymos
Tubal
Gratiano
Salanio
Reb Benjamin Nehemiah
Jail Guard |
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Maurice Schwartz
Charlotte Goldstein
Isidore Casher
Yudel Dubinsky
Edmund Zayenda
Muni Serebrov
Gustave Berger
Dina Halpern
Abraham Teitelbaum
Boris Auerbach
Jenny Casher
Morris Strassberg
Anatole Winogradoff
Charles Cohan
Misha Fishon
Morris Kroner
Solomon Krause
Morris Bielavsky |
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photo:
Maurice Schwartz,
as Shylock. |
Dancers, Prisoners, Guardsmen, Harpists, Nuns,
Noblemen: Ida Hecht, Selma Hyman, Beatrice
Spencer, Bess Hecht, Blanche Romerowsky, John
Murray, Jack Talon, Richard Small, Jeff Stone,
David Harris, Leib Konig, Hirsh Brown, Zelde
Traub, Lillian Katz, Nina Menkes, Joan Wexler,
Boris Shatz. |
Stage
Manager: Morris Strassberg; Ass't Stage Managers: Boris
Auerbach, Morris Bielavsky.
Time of
action: In the year of 1559.

THE BLACKSMITH'S DAUGHTER
(13 January 1948),
by Peretz Hirshbein. Benefit performance for the Yiddish
Theatrical Alliance.
A folks-comedy in 3 acts
c/c: Isidor Casher, Celia Adler, Dinah Halpern, Maurice
Schwartz, Gustav Berger, Morris Strassberg. Music by Joseph
Rumshinsky; Stage Director Morris Strassberg.

THE VOICE OF ISRAEL
(25 October 1948),
a play in a prologue, two parts and four scenes, by Elias Gilner, with music by Simon Tenowsky. Staged by Maurice
Schwartz; scenery/settings by Leo Kerz; musical director, Joseph
Rumshinsky; music by Simon Tenowsky; lyrics to song "Hanitzachon"
by Moshe Constantinovsky. Presented by the Yiddish Art Theatre (formerly
Public Theatre), 2nd Avenue at 4th Street.
Nathan Ometz
Yosef
Gavriel
Zamira
Galela
Malka
David
Eliezer
Kalman
Yonah
Reb Shmuel
Shlomo
Captain Galski
Major Henderson
Colonel Howler
Barzilai
Catherine Linwood
Sheik Khalil
Ragheb
Jamel
* Alternate. |
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Maurice Schwartz
Gustave Berger
Muni Serebroff
Charlotte Goldstein
Evelyn Shiner/Sonia Shapiro*
Rosetta Bialis
Yudel Dubinsky
Charles Cohan
Leo Nimitz
Sol Krause
Jacob Mestel
Moyshe Bielawsky
Boris Auerbach
Anatole Winnogradoff
Mischa Fishzon
Itzchok Inventar
Sara Gingold
David Medoff
Morris Krohner
Paul Richards |
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photo:
Maurice Schwartz, as Nathan Ometz. |
Chalutzim, British and Arab
Soldiers.
Action takes place in a
settlement in the Plain of Sharon, Palestine during the U.N.
Conference at Lake Success, regarding partition, and
thereafter. Stage Manager: Morris Strassberg.

HERSHL, THE JESTER
(6 December 1948),
a folk-comedy in two parts and five scenes by Moshe Livshitz,
adapted and staged by Maurice Schwartz. Music by Joseph
Rumshinsky; settings and costumes by Leon Poch; dances by Selma
Schneider; executed by Michael Saltzman, Stage Manager Morris Strassberg. At the Yiddish Art Theatre (formerly Public Theatre),
2nd Avenue at 4th Street.
Malkeh, Wife of Hershel
Perele, Hershel's Daughter
Chaik'l, The Matchmaker
Moyshe Nachum, Son of Zalman
Hershel Ostropoler, the Jester
First Gabbai
Second Gabbai
Third Gabbai
Fourth Gabbai
Reb Zelman, Head of the Jewish Council
Rebbi'tzin, Wife of Reb Baruch
Rabbi Reb Boruch
First Sexton
Second Sexton
Motye Dovid, Merchant
Berl Eisick, Merchant
Chief of Police
Michael, Yeshivah Student
Feige Leah, Wife of Reb Zalman
First Policeman
Second Policeman
First Hasid
Second Hasid |
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Anna Appel
Sara Gingold
Gustave Berger
Muni Serebrov
Maurice Schwartz
Misha Fishon
Morris Krohner
Sol Krause
Morris Bielavsky
David Medoff
Leah Naomi
Boris Auerbach
Jacob Mestel
Isaac Inventar
Charles Cohan
Max Tannenbaum
Yudel Dubinsky
Anatole Woinogradoff
Rosetta Bialis
Murray Lazarowitz
Benny Gitlitz
Robert Small
Paul Richards |
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photo:
Maurice Schwartz and Anna Appel. |
Time of Action: During
the Napoleonic Times
Place of Action: A Small
Town in the Ukraine

AN ABANDONED NOOK (A farvosen vinkl) (January 1949),
By Peretz Hirshbein. Staged by Maurice Schwartz; Musical Director
Joseph Rumshinksy; Stage Manager Morris Strassberg.
Notah (a grave digger)
Kreinah (his wife)
Tzirl (their daughter)
Todros (father of Notah)
Chaim Hersh (their neighbor-a miller)
Kreisel (his wife)
Noah (his son)
Chaya (his sister)
Dobah
K'Hatzkel |
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Morris Strassberg
Rosetta Bialis
Charlotte Goldstein
Jacob Mestel
Maurice Schwartz
Anna Appel
Anatole Winogradoff
Evelyn Shiner
Leah Naomi
Isaac Inventar |

YOSELE, THE
NIGHTINGALE (Yosele solovey)
(17 October 1949),
Sholem Aleichem’s folk comedy in two parts, dramatized and
staged by Maurice Schwartz, Music by Sholom Secunda; scenery/settings by
Leon Foch; choreography by Belle Didjah; Stage Manager Morris
Strassberg; Asst. Stage Managers: Isidore Elgard, Morris
Bielavsky; Jewelry, worn by Ola Shlifko, courtesy of Kramer
Jewelry co. Produced by Mr.
Schwartz. At the Yiddish Art Theatre, Second Avenue and Fourth
Street.
Motye (the inn-keeper)
Mirel (his wife)
Kalman Badchen
Sholem Aleichem (a Yiddish writer)
Shmuel, the cantor (Yosele's father)
Gedalye Bass (a choir leader)
Esther
Fayge Bashe (the stepmother)
Isaac (the match-maker)
Zlate (Esther's mother)
Alter Peshes (the richest man in town)
Yosele
The Tailor
Bentchik
Berl Isaac (Perele's manager)
Perele (a rich woman)
Mendele Mocher Sfarim |
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Morris Krohner
Jenny Casher
Boris Auerbach
Yudel Dubinsky
Anatole Winogradoff
Maurice Schwartz
Charlotte Goldstein
Berta Gersten
Jacob Mestel
Lucy Gehrman
Jacob Zanger
Moshe Zamar
Saul Krause
Moshe Bielavsky
Gustave Berger
Ola Shlifko
Julius Adler |
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photo: Maurice
Schwartz (rt.) et al.
Courtesy of the NYPL. |
Action takes place in the town
of Mazepevke and neighborhood towns during the last part of
the last century.

HARD TO BE A JEW (Shver tsu Zayn a yid)
(revival) (December 1949),
a
play in 3 acts by Sholem
Aleichem. Direction: Maurice
Schwartz. Second Avenue, New
York, N.Y.
David Shapiro
Sarah, his wife
Bettie, their daughter
Siomke, their son
Shneierson
Ivanov
Greensberg
Hurwitch
Ketzele
Police Officer
Janitor |
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Maurice Schwartz
Berta Gersten
Charlotte Goldstein
Moshe Zamar
Gustav Berger
Anatole Winogradov
Jacob Zanger
Youdel Dubinsky
Jacob Mestel
Boris Auerbach
Moishe Bilavsky |
Students, Gendarmes,
Policemen, etc.
Place of Action: A
City in Czarist
Russia where Jews
were not permitted
to reside.
Time--about 1913. |

THE SHEPHERD KING (Der
pastech-kenig) (12 October 1955),
a Biblical drama in two parts and fourteen
scenes, by Leizer Treister, with
music by Sholom Secunda. Staged
by Maurice Schwartz;
choreography by Belle Didjah; settings and
costumes by
Saul Raskin; Settings painted by
Mabel A. Beull; Technical
Director, Morris Strassberg. At
the Yiddish Art Theatre, 111
East Houston Street.
Tamar
Doeg, Head of the King's
Guardsmen, (An Edomite)
Ahinoam, the Queen
Jonathan, Crown Prince
Mayrav, a Princess
Michal, a Princess
Azariah, Second of the
King's Guardsmen
Naomi, Mother of the
King
Saul, the King
Ahimelech, the High
Priest
Abner, Commander of the
King's Hosts
Ritzpah, the King's
Concubine
First Builder
Second Builder
David
Adriel, Head of the
Warriors of Judea
The Witch of Ein Dor
Samuel, the Prophet
Tirtzah |
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Sara Gingold
Leon Shechter
Dora Kalinova
David Ellin
Sonia Zomina
Frances Schwartz
Sheftel Zak
Rosetta Bialis
Maurice Schwartz
Menachem Rubin
Gustav Berger
Miriam Kressyn
Yudel Dubinsky
Morris Strassberg
Edmund Zayenda
Jacob Zanger
Rose Shoshana
Jacob Fisher
Gina Goodwin |
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photo:
Maurice Schwartz,
as
King Saul. |
Priests, Warriors,
Shepherds,
Philistines Played
by: Beryl Goldberg,
Richard Miller,
Norman Burton, Bob
Monroe, Neil Morton,
Arthur Le Ral, Frank
Leo, Monroe Linden,
Wesley, John
Anderson, Carmen Filpi, Philip Roth,
Jay Martin, Jack
Harpman.
Dancers: Elmer Lee
Maddow, Sid
Handwerger, Noel
Schwartz, Martin
Morginsky, Robert
Perry, Irvin Danies,
Fred Swanson, Tom
Robers, Athan Kareas. |

THE BROTHERS ASHKENAZI (revival)
(11 November 1955),
a play in two parts and
sixteen scenes, dramatized
by Maurice Schwartz and I.
J. Singer; staged by Maurice
Schwartz; costumes by
Gaiptman Studio; technical
director Morris Strassberg;
music by Verdina Shlonsky
and Sholom Secunda; revived
by the Yiddish Art Theatre
Association. At the Yiddish
Art Theatre.
Narrator
Johanan Ashkenazi
Abraham Hersh
Roise: Abraham Hersh's
wife
Simcha Meyer (as
youngster)
Jacob Bunim (as a adult)
Simcha Meyer (as an
adult)
Jacob Bunim (as an
adult)
Dinah, Smicha Meyer's
Wife
Gertrude, their daughter
Ignatz, their son
Pearl, Jacob Bunim's
wife
Chaim Alter, Dinah's
father
Privah, Dinah's mother
Heinz Huntze
Inn Keeper
His Wife
Midwife
A Young Man
Sarah Leah, a servant
Shmuel Chusid
Tevye (the world doesn't
come to an end)
The Governor
Albrecht, director of
factory
Herman, Simcha Meyer's
secretary
Polish Officer
First Mourner
Second Mourner
Third Mourner |
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Sheftel Zak
Jacob Zanger
Moshe Strassberg
Rachel Reles
Marvin Schwartz
Frances Schwartz
Maurice Schwartz
Edmund Zayenda
Miriam Kressyn
Sonia Zomina
David Ellin
Sara Gingold
Jacob Fisher
Rose Shoshana
Gustav Berger
Pichas Fisherman
Zelda Shneierman
Geena Goodwin
Dave Rabinowitch
Rachel Goldman
Yudel Dubinsky
Zalman Zackheim
Leib Shochat
Morris Toler
Isaac Singer
Leon Schachter
Simon Solomon
Chaim Appleman
Wolf Hermes |
Chasiddim, Dancers,
Soldiers, Red Army
Men, Guests played
by Dale Kurtz,
Sylvia Schechter,
John Anderson,
Norman Burton, Frank
Leo, Mel Throne, Bob
Monroe, Molly
Fleisher, Joyce
Lynn. |

A Hole in the Head
(25 November 1958),
A Comedy in Two Parts
and Six Scenes, by
Arnold Schulman. Adapted
for the Yiddish Stage
and Directed by Maurice
Schwartz. Stetting
designed and lighted by
Tom Jewett. Musical
arrangements by Abe
Ellstein. At the
Anderson Yiddish Theatre,
Second Avenue at 4th
Street, NYC.
Frank
Mr.
Goldblatt
Ally
Mr. Diamond
Lenny
Shirl
Sidney
Mrs. Fessler
Max
Sophie
Mrs. Rogers |
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Paul
Burstein
Yudel
Dubinsky
Michael
Burstein
Jacob Zanger
Israel
Mandell
Lillian Lux
Muni Srebrov
Sylvia
Fishman
Maurice
Schwartz
Rosetta
Biales
Freida
Lifshitz |
Action takes place in
the Carabia, a small
hotel in Miami Beach,
Florida. Time: Present.
Production Staff:
General
Manager....Benjamin
Rothman
Business
Manager....William
Mercur
Stage Manager....Israel
Mandell

RAGS
(Shmates)
(December 1958),
Drama in 3 Acts by H.
Leivick. At the Phyllis
Anderson Theatre, Second
Ave. & 4th St.
Mordechai Mazeh
Rochel-Leah
Sadie
Annie
Harry
The Old Levy
Morris Levy
Malitz
Reb' Elie
Reb' Zalman
Reb' Itze
Chaim
Shop Foreman
Workers in the shop
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Maurice Schwartz
Rosetta Biales
Lillian Lux
Freida Lifshitz
Marvin Schwartz
Jacob Zanger
Al Wenger
Muni Serebrov
Paul Burstein
Israel Mandell
Yudel Dubinsky
Morris Michaels
Meyer Scherr
Nathan Geiptman
Mordecia Yachsen
Manny Steiner
Ben Gross
Morris Belkin
Yudel Waxman
Zaav Hermes |
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