Seventy years of Yiddish theatre in Melbourne
TitelSeventy years of Yiddish theatre in Melbourne
Författare
Call numberS994.004924/001
Objektnummer03731fc
PubliceringsortSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Publikationsår
1979
Dimensionerpp437-451
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from 'The Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society' Vol.VIII Part VII, 1979, pp437-451
Beskrivning
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.