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
 

David Keyzerovitsh

 

K. was born in 1889 in Warsaw, Poland. In 1905 he participated with "amateurs" in the "Akosta" production in the Muranover Theatre. Soon thereafter he went away from home and traveled, acting In Yiddish theatre across the Polish province.

In 1907 he entered into the Warsaw "Jardin d'Hiver" to Kaminski in the troupe, then switched over to the "Elizeum" Theatre. In 1908 he toured with the Kaminski troupe to Russia and there remained to act until 1919, from there very often in Odessa. He came back to Poland, and K. acted there until 1927. When he entered into Riga's "New Yiddish Theatre" (Director: Morevsky)... Since 1928 he again acted in Poland, where on 23 March 1932 he passed away in Warsaw.

K. also had participated in four film-images of the "Mizrach" society.
 

Sh. E.

Jack Levy -- Nisht keyn hspd... "Undzer ekspres", Warsaw, 8 April 1932.

 


 

 

 

 


 

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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 6, page 5760.
 

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