Seventy years of Yiddish theatre in Melbourne
TitreSeventy years of Yiddish theatre in Melbourne
Auteur
Call numberS994.004924/001
N° d'objet03731fc
Lieu de publicationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Année de publication
1979
Dimensionspp437-451
MatérielArticle
NotesArticle from 'The Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society' Vol.VIII Part VII, 1979, pp437-451
Description
This article recounts the earliest instances of Yiddish theatre in Australia, and looks at the instrumental figures of Chaim Reinholz and Samuel Weissberg (Weissberg's memoir is quoted at length). The article looks at the flourishing of Melbourne Yiddish theatre and at its decline throughout the '60s and '70s.