The
Thalia Theatre
The Thalia Theatre was located at 46-48 Bowery (between
Bayard and Canal Streets, across the street from the Windsor Theatre) in Manhattan.
The
Thalia is advertising the Yiddish language version of Shakespeare's
Hamlet, starring Yiddish acting great Berta Kalich. Kalich is
well-known for this role.
Here
the performance will be on Wednesday, January 30, 1895 (prob.)
The
placard, in part, states:
''Extra! Extra! For the first time in the Yiddish theater: Mme.
Bertha Kalich as Hamlet. The only other woman ever to have
undertaken the role of Hamlet was Sarah Bernhardt. Mme. Kalich
studied the part for six months with one of the greatest experts in
the field, Professor L. M. Gallotstam, the teacher of such supreme
artists as [E. H.] Sothern, Maude Adams, Annie Russell, and others.
We in the Thalia
Theatre
Company are honored that she has chosen to appear with us. The great
critic Brochvogel and others have acclaimed her artistry; we will do
everything possible to help her play this difficult role to
perfection.'
photo: courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Gallery. |