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Seventy years of Yiddish theatre in Melbourne
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Seventy years of Yiddish theatre in Melbourne
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS994.004924/001
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03731fc
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Australian Jewish Historical Society
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1979
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]pp437-451
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from 'The Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society' Vol.VIII Part VII, 1979, pp437-451
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.