According to Dina Feinman,
and also the impression of Boaz Young, K. came
from Hungary.
According to the actor
Abraham Fishkind, C. also acted on the German stage
where Jacob P. Adler knew him as a Yiddish actor. Boaz
Young in his memories mentioned that he was in Adler's troupe.
Already on 20 August 1892 C.
had acted in the role of "Yfhth" in "Ester fun in gdi" at
the Union Theatre.
In 1896 C. acted for the
first time, in the role "Seymon Muzlin" in Gordin's "Shloimke
Sharlatan".
In the 1899-1900 season, C.
acted at the People's Theatre.
In 1905 he was the first to
act in the role of "Avraham Rozenberg" in Gordin's
play "Der meturef (The Worthless)".
According to Dina Feinman, when she and Edelstein's wife happened upon him singing
in a beer hall in Rockaway Beach, they recommended him
to Edelstein, who took him into his troupe.
When the Yiddish Actor's
Union had in 1899 obtained a theatre, he started to
assemble held?? under C.'s chairmanship.
C. passed away in New York
and left a son, and English actor.
M. E. from
Boris Thomashefsky, Dina Feinman, Abraham Fishkind.
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Boaz Young -- "Mayn lebn
in teater", New York, 1950, pp. 77, 121.
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