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
 

Yosele the Blind


S. was a [sgi-nhur].

Most of the time he used to perform in the wine cellars of Zlotshev and at times traveled to Lemberg to "guest star".

He was a [vitsler] and used to [ekspromt] to tell his "shtick".

In his later years he used to sing songs for Goldfaden's operettas.


M. E. from Jacob Mestel.


 

 

 

 


 

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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 230.
 

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