Lives in the Yiddish Theatre
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE Yiddish THEATRE
aS DESCRIBED IN zALMEN zYLBERCWEIG'S "lEKSIKON FUN YIDISHN TEATER"

1931-1969
 

Berl Grudberg


G. was born in Belaya Tserkov, [?] Ukraine.

He was a badkhan, then a folksinger, and with Naftali Goldfaden's troupe he toured across Bessarabia. G. was, together with Heine Khaimovitsh and Fishkind, taken into the troupe.

He first performed on the stage in Kishinev. Then G. immigrated to America, where he was once again a badkhan.


M. E. from Abraham Fishkind and I. Bliefeld.

  • B. Gorin -- "History of the Yiddish Theatre", Vol. I. p. 213.

  • Jacob P. Adler -- "My Life History", "Theatre Journal", N. Y., 5, 1902.

  • Jacob P. Adler -- "40 Years on the Stage", "Di varheyt", N. Y., 28 Feb. 1917.


 

 

 

 


 

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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 528.
 

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