yosele/blind

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

Yosele the Blind

S. was a [sgi-nhur].

Most of the time he used to perform in the wine cellars of Zlotshev and at times traveled to Lemberg to "guest star".

He was a [vitsler] and used to [ekspromt] to tell his "shtick".

In his later years he used to sing songs for Goldfaden's operettas.

M. E. from Jacob Mestel.

Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 230.