28 · Zylbercweig, Zalmen [Salman Silberzweig]

AVRAHAM GOLDFADEN UN ZIGMUNT MOGULESKO [XT] אברהם גאלדפאדען און זיגמונט מאגולעסקא

Buenos Ayres: Elisheva, 1936. Item #43183

First edition. Original dramatic color illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo, 188 pages, 18 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Abraham Goldfaden and Sigmund Mogulesko.”
Biography of Yiddish actors and writers Abraham Goldfadn and Sigmund Mogulesko by Zalmen Zylbercweig, famed Yiddish actor and researcher of Yiddish theater. Beautifully illustrated cover.
Zalmen Zylbercweig (1894-1972) “was born in Ozorkow, a small town near Lodz, to a religiously observant but reform-minded father who was a Yiddish and Hebrew writer. Zylbercweig was educated in both a progressive yeshiva and a commercial school. Attracted to the theater at an early age, he first performed with amateur Yiddish and Hebrew groups, then acted in professional companies, directed a troupe that performed in and around Lodz, produced Yiddish translations of European plays, and edited and contributed to numerous Yiddish publications.
In 1922, Zylbercweig began collecting the theater material that was to occupy him for the rest of his life. He left Poland in 1924 to spend several years in Palestine, then moved to the United States in 1927 but subsequently spent years traveling through Eastern and Western Europe and North and South America, pursuing his research wherever Yiddish theater was performed. In 1937, he moved permanently to the United States, settling first in New York and, in 1948, in Los Angeles. He was active in numerous Yiddish organizations and with his wife Celia, broadcast a Yiddish radio program from a studio they built in their garage in Los Angeles.
Zylbercweig’s magnum opus is a six-volume encyclopedia titled Leksikon fun yidishn teater (Lexicon of Yiddish Theater).” (YIVO)
SUBJECT(S): Authors, Yiddish -- Biography. Theater, Yiddish. Authors, Yiddish. Theater, Yiddish. OCLC: 7435748
Heavy wear and unfortunately placement of library sticker on cover, internally solid at clean, good- condition thus. (YID-48-21-L-’bbexccgg).

Price: $150.00