The Mother of Yiddish Theatre: Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska by Yashinsky, Mikhl

The Mother of Yiddish Theatre: Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350321076)

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Format: Paperback
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The Mother of Yiddish Theatre: Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska by Yashinsky, Mikhl

The Mother of Yiddish Theatre: Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska

$22.95
The Mother of Yiddish Theatre: Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska by Yashinsky, Mikhl

The Mother of Yiddish Theatre: Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska

$22.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Mikhl Yashinsky
ISBN-10: 1350321079
ISBN-13: 9781350321076
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 08/21/2025
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.79h x 5.08w x 1.00d
By Mikhl Yashinsky
By Mikhl Yashinsky
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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).

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