Mother of Yiddish Theatre

Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska

AvMikhl Yashinsky

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-08-21
Mått:126 x 208 x 20 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Yiddish Voices
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350321069

Utforska kategorier

Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Mikhl Yashinsky was born in Detroit and lives in New York, where he works as a playwright, actor, and Yiddish scholar. His performance in the operetta The Sorceress brought a ‘keen, if malevolent, psychology’ to the title role (New York Times) and his Yiddish drama The Gospel According to Chaim ‘jolted the repertoire with a work that is both traditional and delightfully subversive’ (Forward). He is also the translator of Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes (2025).

Recensioner i media

This important memoir by the “mother of the Yiddish theatre” recounts her path from a sheltered shtetl upbringing to a life of high adventure in a touring Yiddish theatre troupe. Along the way, readers encounter fascinating details about Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and a compelling cast of characters.

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresPreface by Tova FeldshuhIntroduction: “The Thorns That Grew the Flower”, Mikhl YashinskyA Note on the TranslationEster-Rokhl Kaminska’s MemoirNotesIndex

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