Miriam Elias
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E. was born --according to
her-- in 1897 in Zhvanets, near Kamenets Podolsk,
Ukraine.
Her father was the local
rabbi in the span of some ten years.
After finishing a folkshul
and the Hebrew Talmud Torah, E. settled into her studies
in Hebrew and in a gymnasium in Kamenets Podolsk.
While in her younger years,
Moshe Richter staged in her birth town "Hertsele
myukhs", in which she also acted. Then she directed a
Yiddish dramatic club until she entered into a Russian
professional troupe.
In 1916 she went to Moscow
and entered into a Hebrew troupe "Habima", where she
performed as "Khanan" in Anski's "Der dybuk (The
Dybbuk)", and at the same time she learned privately
with Stanislavski and Vakhtangov.
In 1923 she came to America,
and made a concert tour across the land and
afterwards became one of the chief performers in the "Unzer
Theatre" in New York, where she debuted as "The Rabbi's
Wife" in Anski's "Tog un nakht (Day and Night)".
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In 1925-26 she was
engaged by the Yiddish Art Theatre (Director --
Schwartz), where she acted in Zhulasky's "Shabtai
tsvi", Toller's "Hinkemann (The Bloody
Laughter)", Peretz Hirshbein's "Der shmids
tekhter (The Blacksmith's Daughters)", Sholem
Asch's "A shnirl perl (A String of Pearls)" and
S. Yushkevich's "Der luft mentsh (The Air
Head?)".
In 1928-29 she again
acted with the Yiddish Art Theatre, and here
among the other roles she performed were:
"Der magid (The Preacher)" in Asch-Schwartz's "Kidush
Hashem", and as "Pesenyu (Pesse)" in Schwartz's
modernization of Gordin's "God, Man and Devil".
On 11 January 1927
E. (together with Baruch Aronson) directed with
the "Kunst-Ring" in the "Dos naye yidishe art
teater (New Yiddish Art Theatre)" Moishe Nadir's
"Di tragedye fun gornist (The Tragedy of
Nothing)".
In 1930 she traveled
to Europe on a concert tour, while at the same
time performing in an English recitation evening
in London, returning to New York in 1931.
E. was the wife of
painter Baruch Aronson.
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Sh. E.
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G. Rivesman -- Zi hot
zikh oysgetseykent in dem hebreishen theater in moskva,
"Forward", N. Y., 23 September 1923.
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Dr. A. Mukdoni --
Velt-berihmtheyten, "Morning Journal", N. Y., 4 April
1924.
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Ab. Kahan -- A por
teater-notitsen, "Forward", N. Y., 12 December 1924.
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G. Buchwald -- Poetisher
katshenyomer gemisht mit teater, "Frayhayt", N. Y., 14
January 1927.
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Dr. A. Mukdony -- "Di
tragedye fun gornisht", "Morning Journal", N. Y., 21
January 1927.
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M. R. -- Di feyerlekhe
YIVO-akademye in varshever shotrat, "Literarishe
bleter", Warsaw,
N' 52, 1929.
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Herman Svet -- Der
kontsert fun miryam elias, "Literarishe
bleter", Warsaw, N' 50,
1929.
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Ch. Shk. [Shklarski] --
Kontsert fun miryam elias, "Idishe shtime", Kovno, 24
February 1930.
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Arin [Z. Troyb] -- Miryam
elias, dort, 26 February 1930.
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Natan Grinblat -- Ir
ntskhun, dort, 4 March 1930.
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Asel -- Tsveyter oyftrit
fun miryam elias, "Folksblat", Kovno, 6 March 1930.
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V. Latzky-Bertholdi -- Di kunst fun idishkeyt, "Frimorgn", Riga, 1 March 1930.
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Sh. Kolodovski -- Ver iz
miryam elias?, "Tsayt", London, 16 July 1930.
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Morris Meyer -- Miryam
elias kontsert in globe teater, "Tsayt", London, 20 July
1930.
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Moris Meyer -- Miryam
elias kinstlerisher triumf oyf dem kontsert in pavilion
teater, "Tsayt", London, 30 July 1930.
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D. Kaplan -- Miryam elias
es dramatisher risitel in "litl teater", "Forward", N.
Y., 21 April 1931.
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B. Y. Goldstein --
America and Europe, "Fraye arbeter shtime", N. Y., 24 April 1931.
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