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The Mother of Yiddish Theatre
Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska
Series: Yiddish Voices
Brief Description
Originally appearing in the Warsaw daily Der Moment (1926-7), this intimate self-portrait by pioneering Yiddish actress Ester-Rokhl Kaminska (1870–1925) appears here for the first time in English. As it moves through her life, we see this towering artist and her art form emerge, observing how Kaminska...
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An historically contextualized English translation of the memoir of actor, impresario and ‘Mother of the Yiddish Stage’, Ester-Rokhl Kaminska (1870-1925).
An historically contextualized English translation of the memoir of actor, impresario and ‘Mother of the Yiddish Stage’, Ester-Rokhl Kaminska (1870-1925).
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Description
Originally appearing in the Warsaw daily Der Moment (1926-7), this intimate self-portrait by pioneering Yiddish actress Ester-Rokhl Kaminska (1870–1925) appears here for the first time in English.
As it moves through her life, we see this towering artist and her art form emerge, observing how Kaminska navigates the perilous move from shtetl to city, stages illegal performances in unlikely venues around the Russian Empire, and eventually earns the exultant acclaim of her public.
The memoirs richly disclose the texture of everyday life for working Jewish women and all the grit and hard-won glamour of backstage (or in her case, back-barn/barrack/barroom) life.
An extensive introduction and notes by Mikhl Yashinsky provide historical context and an appraisal of Kaminska’s epoch-making talent.
Series: Yiddish Voices
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781350321076
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 August 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Illustration: 10 bw illus
Contributors:
- Edited by Mikhl Yashinsky
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 320g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Mikhl Yashinsky was born in Detroit and lives in New York, where he works as a playwright, actor, and Yiddish scholar. His performance in the operetta The Sorceress brought a ‘keen, if malevolent, psychology’ to the title role (New York Times) and his Yiddish drama The Gospel According to Chaim ‘jolted the repertoire with a work that is both traditional and delightfully subversive’ (Forward). He is also the translator of Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes (2025).
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