Lives in the Yiddish Theatre
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE Yiddish THEATRE
aS DESCRIBED IN zALMEN zYLBERCWEIG'S "lEKSIKON FUN YIDISHN TEATER"

1931-1969
 

Friedrich Wilhelm Goter


Among the old printed Purim shpiels, writes B. Gorin, in his "History of Yiddish Theatre", is the play "Di shtoltse ushti", eyn komishes shoyshpiel in reymen fun g__r (Friedrikh Vilhelm Goter), Breslau, 1797 (?)."

Goter was a good Yiddish writer, and his play is written in German, not in Yiddish, Gorin [erroneously?] based on that in the beginning of Aaron Halle Volfson's comedy "Leykhtzin und fremmeleye" (Breslau 1796) -- is also printed as Goter's comedy "Di shtoltse ushti" in German, transcribed into Yiddish [utyut]. In the second issue of Volfson's comedy (Amsterdam 1798) is [shoyn] Goter's comedy, which is no longer published.

  • B. Gorin -- "History of Yiddish Theatre", Vol. I, pp. 57-8.

  • Zalmen Reyzen -- "Lexicon of Yiddish Literature", Vol. I, p. 907.


 

 

 

 


 

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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 259.
 

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