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
 

Froyke Sorokin

 

Born on 10 July 1898 in Kishinev, Bessarabia. His father was a theatre hairdresser.

He learned in a cheder and in a Russian folkshul. Being in 1925 a hairdresser for the Vilna Troupe, he used to come out as an understudy and then acted in small roles, and as such remained in the troupe until his trip to Poland.

In 1927 S. acted in Fishzon's trope, June 1828 in Baratov's troupe and then he remained in the same troupe under the direction of Itskil Goldenberg.


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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 2, page 1458.
You can also read Froyke Sorokin's biography in Volume 5, the memorial volume, by clicking here.
 

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