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
 

Nakhum Segalovitsh
 

S. may have come from Kiev, Ukraine.

He acted in London for several years with Jacob P. Adler.

In March 1885 S. performed as "De silva" in Gutzkov's "Uriel akosta" in the Russian-Yiddish Workers Club ("Uriel" --Adler).

Afterwards he became a [kamivoyazhor] for the cigarette firm "Myurati", later by himself opened a cigarette factory.

Circa 1916 S. passed away in Manchester.


M. E. from Bernard Fishman.


 

 

 

 


 

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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 2, page 1508.
 

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