Yiddish Theatre Forum [YTF] Joel Berkowitz, Editor
<yankl@albany.edu> ______________________________________________________ Contents
of Vol. 04.003
1) From the Editor 2) Yiddish Theatre in Argentina
(Donald Castro) 3) Bibliography of Yiddish Plays at the Library of Congress
(Zachary Baker)
1)
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10 June 2005 From: Joel Berkowitz Subject: From the Editor
Some
time ago in the Forum (Vol. 2.001), our friend and Editorial Board member
Zachary Baker offered readers a sneak preview of his work on an annotated
bibliography to the Lawrence Marwick Collection of Copyrighted Yiddish Plays at
the Library of Congress. Fraynt Baker and his colleague Bonnie Sohn have
now completed this monumental undertaking; a description as well as a link to
the bibliography can be found below. This is yet another invaluable
bibliographic resource for anyone working on American Yiddish drama and
theatre. And this seems a fitting opportunity to invite readers once again
to keep the Editor abreast of new developments in the field: translations,
productions, books, articles, museum exhibits, concerts, etc.
2)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date:
30 May 2005 From: Donald Castro Subject: Yiddish Theatre in
Argentina
>From limited sources, I have found that Buenos Aires was
part of a circuit that included Warsaw and New York, for several traveling
companies of Yiddish theatre groups. I am seeking information on such
groups, as well as additional information on the Yiddish theatre in
Argentina. I am a professor of history at CSU Fullerton, and have
published on the image of Jews in the Argentine popular theatre and on Argentine
immigration policy as it related to Jewish settlement in Argentina.
Many
thanks for your assistance,
Donald Castro
(dcastro@fullerton.edu)
3)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date:
10 June 2005 From: Zachary Baker Subject: Bibliography of Yiddish Plays at
the Library of Congress
I'm pleased to announce that The Lawrence Marwick
Collection of Copyrighted Yiddish Plays: An Annotated Bibliography, is now
accessible via the Library of Congress website:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/marwick/marwickbibliography.pdf . The
bibliography was compiled by Zachary M. Baker, with the assistance of Bonnie
Sohn.
The more than 1,200 scripts included in the bibliography were
deposited by their authors or theatrical producers, at the U.S. Copyright Office
between 1909 and roughly 1950. The contents of the bibliography are as
follows:
Introduction to the Annotated Bibliography, by Zachary M. Baker
The Yiddish Theater In America: A Brief Historical Overview, by Edna
Nahshon Yiddish Plays From The Lawrence Marwick Collection [the bibliography
proper] Index to Yiddish Titles Index to Yiddish and English Titles in
Roman Characters Index to Names of Persons Other Than Primary
Authors
Several years ago, 77 of these play scripts were digitized and
made accessible via LC's American Memory website:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vsyid.html.
The bibliography was made
possible by a generous grant from Claire Marwick, whose late husband Dr.
Lawrence Marwick was head of LC's Hebraic Section for many years. Over 20
years ago Dr. Marwick discovered these scripts in the Copyright Office's files
and he and his successor, the late Myron Weinstein, arranged for their transfer
to the Hebraic Section. Myron Weinstein, Dr. Michael Grunberger, and their
co-workers in the Hebraic Section organized the collection and did some
preliminary cataloging of the scripts, thereby making it possible for work on
the annotated bibliography to proceed. Bonnie Sohn, who assisted in its
compilation, is a retired librarian who resides in the Washington, DC
area. Also, she is connected to the Yiddish theater through her brother,
the noted actor Zvee Scooler. The expert typographer William F. (Fred)
Hoffman, turned a series of raw computer files into a handsome
publication.
Zachary Baker Stanford University
Libraries
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of Yiddish Theatre Forum 04.003
Yiddish Theatre Forum
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Berkowitz, Editor Leonard Prager, Senior
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