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
Sonya Mishurat
When Meyer Mishurat performed with his troupe in Nikopol, she became known to him, and he moved her into his troupe. After his marriage to her, he got her to act in prima donna roles. M. acted [ksdr] in her husband's troupe, and as a mature [actress] she had there permanently taken the [oybn-on]. After the death of her son and husband, she adopted a youngster, who went around with her as she crossed the Ukraine as her "son", and she performed with him as a "wunderkind (wonder child)" in "concerts".
M. Myodovnik -- Meyne teater-zkhroynes, "Der shtern", Journal, Minsk, N' 4, 1926. |
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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the "Lexicon
of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig,
Volume 2, page 1332.
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