The 'Bederekh'
(founded in
June 1946)
with two
revised
plays, under
the name, 'Di
shunayim oyf
tsu lhcheis'
and 'Mitn
vandershtok
in hant.' In
the
productions
there
participated:
M. Abelman,
B. Beker, M.
Grossman, Y.
Lubelski, M.
Russ, M.
Lubelski, D.
Minsker, F.
Kompaneyets
and H.
Freishkat.
In the
program "Shunayim
oyf tsu
lhcheis"
there were
included
small arts
numbers from
'Ararat' and
'Azazel'
(although
all the
dramatic
circles and
theatre
groups had
employed the
material,
because all
former
heretic
poets who
originated
in Poland,
the
repertoire
remembered
the best and
some new
revised
numbers.
...The
(second]
program was
more
professionally
constructed
than the
first,
because "Mitn
Vandershtok"
had one
stage
director
with good
taste and
enough
theatre
routine (M.
Abelman).
...The
ensemble was
built on
commercial,
private
'secrets and
'mysteries
and warmth
were
received
throughout
the
audience. 'Bederekh'
HOT
OYSGEMITN
NIBUL-PH,
use better
repertoire,
a good
language,
had good
costumes and
sets. In
turn 'Bederekh'
played in
'Hero in
Chains,' and
his last
offering was
Moliere's
'The
Diseased
Patient'
(stage
director M.
Abelman) 'Der
kranker' was
the last
play.
...The
Berlin
Yiddish
newspaper "Unzer
veg" of 18
July 1947
had great
praise for
the offering
and
especially
for the
stage
director
M. Abelman.
The
newspaper
writes:
"Outstanding
is the stage
direction.
It is felt
throughout
the entire
production.
Every
movement was
right for
every actor
in their
place. The
five scenes
of the first
act were
literally
bound
together
really
flawlessly.
The sets
were created
FACHMENISH.
With a lot
of flavor
and
sustained in
style and
survived
from that
time on.
In 1948,
when the
immigration
opportunity
became real,
the members
of "Bederekh"
decided to
leave
Germany.
Several
years later
A. came to
America and
settled in
Chicago,
where he
threw
himself into
Yiddish
cultural
work and put
himself at
the head of
a group,
which spread
Yiddish
culture
among the
new
arrivals. He
also helped
found the
welcome
organization
of the new
arrivals.
A part of
the time A.
played in
Yiddish
theatre in
Chicago
under the
direction of
Dina Halpern,
then by
himself he
founded a
dramatic
group, with
whom he
performed
various
theatre
shows, the
last one
being the
revue "Tsip
tsapikl."
On 2
December
1969 A.
passed away
in Chicago.
Sh.E. from
Benjamin
Katz.
-
Norbert
Horowitz
--
Yidish
teater
fun der
shaarit
hapelita,
"Fun
noentn
evr,"
New
York,
1955,
pp.
149-252.
-
Leon
Zeifman
-- Tsu
di
shlosim
nokh
mordechai
abelman,
"Tog-morgn
zhurnal,"
N.Y., 2
February
1970.
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