In 1840 a Warsaw resident submitted a request for an opportunity to present "15 dramatic plays in the Yiddish language."

According to Dr. Shatzky, H. was most probably the same person who used to organize Purim spectacles every year in Warsaw long before 1840. H.'s request was denied due to his having been denounced by the Hassidic community house of prayer.

Such denouncements often occurred. On 8 March 1837 a member of the community council, A. Paprotzky (a teacher in the Rabiner Shul, a highly educated son-in-law of the director of that school, Anton Eisenbaum) wrote the following to the Warsaw Chief of Police (the Yiddish translation was made by Noah Prilutzky):

"A member of the community council had an idea that we should make every effort to allow Jews to present a visual performance in the Jewish/German language on the following Purim.. The supervising Rabbi and many other members of this community have met with the community council (buzshnitshi) and he had the honor to request that the dear General should consider that the matter of such a presentation, is absolutely lacking in moral influence upon the spirit of the audience. But quite the opposite. This will be an unembarrassed mockery which can lead to demoralization and which according to our religious laws is entirely forbidden,--and should under no condition allow such performance  to take place. Further, we ask that you be so kind, in case it becomes necessary, not to permit any other authorities to grant them permission.

"Since the Jewish carnival has long ended and there is a tradition among the Jewish community members that after the death of such an outstanding rabbi as was the recently deceased R. Shlomo Lipshitz, there should be a period of communal mourning over a period of several weeks. This is the humble request of the Community Council; that the esteemed a high-born Herr General should not allow, in the future, such theatrical events in the Jewish language, especially since the council had the honor earlier to make a similar request. Not only do events such as these lack all values of morality but, to the contrary, it becomes the basis for demoralization and corruption. On 10 April 1840 the Community Council once again issued the following denunciation. And here is the response of the chief of Police from 12 April 1840: 

"As a response to the request made by the Community Council (buzshnitshi) of the 10th day of this month number 155, without full understanding: Since the meaning of this Community Council when they wrote about the request of the Jew Dovid Helin, which was submitted on 13 February of this year about permission to present five 15 dramatic performances in the Jewish language, and which was not favorably viewed. Then the Community Council, wrote to us that the play which was to be performed in this dirty language has no positive moral influence upon the listener, but on the contrary, it is an unparalleled mockery which leads to immorality and harassment.--Therefore the high-born adjunct-general, Shipov, who is responsible to the Military Governor of the city of Warsaw, has introduced this matter to his prince's authority. He has ordered to the Warsaw police that since such presentations can certainly bring out a measure of unhappiness from the Community Council (buzshnitshi) or which go against the Jewish religion it is best to refuse Helin's request till he receives permission from the Community Council (text by B. Gorin).