The Mother of Yiddish Theatre
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The Mother of Yiddish Theatre

Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska

  1. 289 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Mother of Yiddish Theatre

Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska

About this book

Originally appearing in the Warsaw daily Der Moment (1926-7), this intimate self-portrait by pioneering Yiddish actress Ester-Rokhl Kaminska (1870–1925) appears here for the first time in English. As it moves through her life, we see this towering artist and her art form emerge, observing how Kaminska navigates the perilous move from shtetl to city, stages illegal performances in unlikely venues around the Russian Empire, and eventually earns the exultant acclaim of her public. The memoirs richly disclose the texture of everyday life for working Jewish women and all the grit and hard-won glamour of backstage (or in her case, back-barn/barrack/barroom) life. An extensive introduction and notes by Mikhl Yashinsky provide historical context and an appraisal of Kaminska's epoch-making talent.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781350321083
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Eastern European History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Figures
  9. Preface
  10. Introduction The Thorns That Grew the Flower
  11. A Note on the Translation
  12. Chapter 1: Home
  13. Chapter 2: My Childhood
  14. Chapter 3: Boyfriends and Girlfriends, Shikses and Shkotzim
  15. Chapter 4: To Warsaw!
  16. Chapter 5: En Route
  17. Chapter 6: In Warsaw!
  18. Chapter 7: Siren Song
  19. Chapter 8: Goldfaden
  20. Chapter 9: Mother and Father Take Fright
  21. Chapter 10: Among the Yiddish Actors in the GrzybĂłw Neighborhood
  22. Chapter 11: At Polakevitsh’s Factory
  23. Chapter 12: At the Shoe Factory
  24. Chapter 13: The Death of My Mother
  25. Chapter 14: A Treacherous Crossing
  26. Chapter 15: Good People and Evil Spirits
  27. Chapter 16: In the Home of My Brother, Cantor of Thorn
  28. Chapter 17: An Apostate Founds a Jewish Theatre in Warsaw
  29. Chapter 18: Actorly Shtik
  30. Chapter 19: The Fate of Yiddish Theatre Depends on Me—So Says a Goye
  31. Chapter 20: A General at the Rehearsal
  32. Chapter 21: My First Steps Onstage
  33. Chapter 22: New Stars
  34. Chapter 23: Desperate Measures
  35. Chapter 24: My First Tour of the Provinces
  36. Chapter 25: Guests from Russia
  37. Chapter 26: Setting Off on a Long and Thorn-Ridden Path
  38. Chapter 27: Under Fishzon’s Leadership
  39. Chapter 28: An Official Sparks Scandal in TomaszĂłw
  40. Chapter 29: Shulamis in a Brewery Basement
  41. Chapter 30: I Marry AVROM-YITSKHOK KAMINSKI
  42. Chapter 31: Under Our Own Direction
  43. Chapter 32: The Show Goes On . . . in a Stable
  44. Chapter 33: The Theatre Lovers of the Shtetl
  45. Chapter 34: A Barefoot Girl in Przasnysz Causes Our Downfall
  46. Chapter 35: In Ciechanów, We’re Too “Revolutionary,” and in MƂawa, Too “Biblical”
  47. Chapter 36: In PuƂtusk, It’s Like Pulling Teeth
  48. Chapter 37: The Musicians of Radom Get into a Tiff
  49. Chapter 38: We Perform in a Barrack
  50. Chapter 39: A Basket of Our Things Saves Me from Certain Death
  51. Chapter 40: The Governor of ƁomĆŒa Invites Me to an Uzhin
  52. Chapter 41: The Police Chief of ƁomĆŒa and the Vice-Governor Quarrel
  53. Chapter 42: Left in the Lurch
  54. Chapter 43: Someone Seeks to Buy Me Away from My Husband
  55. Chapter 44: I Am a Mother!
  56. Chapter 45: A German Makes Things Difficult
  57. Chapter 46: My First Child Dies and a Second Is Born
  58. Chapter 47: Tragicomic Episodes
  59. Chapter 48: The City of ƁódĆș
  60. Chapter 49: Cherta Osedlosti (The Pale of Settlement)
  61. Chapter 50: The Writer Dovid Frishman
  62. Notes
  63. Index