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The Witch Of Botoşani
''The Witch of Botoşani'' or simply ''The Witch'' or ''The Sorceress'' (original Yiddish title ''Di Kishefmakhern'') was an 1878, or possibly 1877, play by Abraham Goldfaden. Like most of Goldfaden's major works, it included music. The play was based on popular superstition; Goldfaden would later remark, "I wrote ''Di kishefmakhern'' ('' The Witch'') in Romania, where the populace – Jews as much as Romanians – believe strongly in witches." ercovici, 1998The title role, a female character, was written to be played by a man; it was first played by Israel Grodner. The play survived into a far different era of Yiddish theater: Maurice Schwartz played it at New York City's Yiddish Art Theater in 1925. dler, 1999, 107 (commentary) Jacob Adler made his 1878 stage debut in the role of the lover Marcus, in a production in Kherson, Ukraine, in which Israel Rosenberg played the title role. dler, 1999, 107 Restoration In the Fall of 2017, the National Yiddish Theater – Folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorceress
A sorceress is a female practitioner of sorcery (other), sorcery. Other uses include: Film * Sorceress (1982 film), ''Sorceress'' (1982 film), a fantasy film directed by Jack Hill * Sorceress (1987 film), ''Sorceress'' (1987 film) released in France as ''Le Moine et la sorcière'' (The Monk and the Witch), about a Dominican Inquisitor who prosecutes a herbal medicine healer as a witch * Sorceress (1995 film), ''Sorceress'' (1995 film), a fantasy film directed by Jim Wynorski Literature * Sorceress (fantasy) or magician, a type of fictional character * The Sorceress (play), ''The Sorceress'' (play), an 1878 play by Abraham Goldfaden * ''The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'', a 2009 novel by Michael Scott Music * The Sorceress (opera), ''The Sorceress'' (opera) or ''The Enchantress'', an 1887 opera by Tchaikovsky * Sorceress (Opeth album), ''Sorceress'' (Opeth album), 2016 * Sorceress (Jess Williamson album), ''Sorceress'' (Jess Williamson album), 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and List of cities in Ukraine, largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. Ukraine's official language is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. Humans have inhabited Ukraine since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, it was the site of early Slavs, early Slavic expansion and later became a key centre of East Slavs, East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. Kievan Rus' became the largest and most powerful realm in Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries, but gradually disintegrated into rival regional powers before being d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 Plays
Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Philippopolis – Russian troops defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 23 – Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. * January 24 – Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, Governor of Saint Petersburg. * January 28 – In the United States: ** The world's First Telephone Exchange begins commercial operation in New Haven, Connecticut. ** ''The Yale News'' becomes the first daily college newspaper in the U.S. * January 31 – Turkey agrees to an armistice at Adrianople. February * February 2 – Greece declares war on the Ottoman Empire. * February 7 – Pope Pius IX dies, after a 31½ year pontificate (the longest definitely confirmed). * February 8 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish Plays
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish has traditionally been written using the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, there were 11–13 million speakers. 85% of the approximately 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hamburg: Buske, 1984), p. 3. leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Assimilation following World War II and ''a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israil Bercovici
Israil Bercovici (, ; 1921–1988) was a Jewish Romanian dramaturg, playwright, director, biographer, and memoirist, who served the State Jewish Theater of Romania between 1955 and 1982; he also wrote Yiddish-language poetry. Biography Bercovici was born into a poor working-class family in Botoşani, Romania, and received a traditional Jewish education. During World War II he served time at hard labor until the arrival of the Soviet Army in Romania. After the war, he began his career in Yiddish-language newspapers and radio, notably the weekly ''IKUF-Bleter'' (1946–1953), and the ''Revista Cultului Mozaic din R.P.R.'' (''Journal of the Jewish Communities in the People's Republic of Romania'', also known as ''Tsaytshrift''). The ''Journal'' was launched in 1956 and had sections in Romanian, Yiddish and Hebrew. Bercovici edited the Yiddish section from 1970 to 1972. As a literature student after the war at a secular secondary school in Bucharest, Bercovici published h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Nobile
Raquel Nobile is a New York City-based theater and film actor. While still a student at the Manhattan School of Music, Nobile was featured in two film operas (''Connection Lost: The Tinder Opera'', and ''Something Blue: The Bachelor Opera'') directed by Adam Taylor with scores by Scott Joiner. later appearing in a third musical film (''Someone Like Me: The Facebook Opera'') by the same director. Raquel performed in the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, National Yiddish Theater – Folksbiene's Off-Broadway run of Amerike the Golden Land which opened July 4, 2017 and performed for 6 weeks including a 2 weeks extension, closing August 20, 2017. Raquel also performed in the National Yiddish Theater, Folksbiene's sold out run of The Witch of Botoșani, The Sorceress in December 2017, a performance as part of the Folksbiene's restoration process. She was awarded the National Theater Conference's Emerging Professional of 2018 for her work with the Folksbiene. Also in 2018, Raquel joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Anabeth Hoolihan
Emily may refer to: * Emily (given name), including a list of people with the name Music * "Emily" (1964 song), title song by Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer to the film ''The Americanization of Emily'' * "Emily" (Dave Koz song), a 1990 song on Dave Koz's album ''Dave Koz'' * "Emily" (Bowling for Soup song), a 2003 song on Bowling for Soup's album ''Drunk Enough to Dance'' * "Emily" (2009), song on Clan of Xymox's album ''In Love We Trust'' * "Emily" (2019), song on Tourist's album ''Everyday'' * "Emily", song on Adam Green's album ''Gemstones'' * "Emily", song on Alice in Videoland's album ''Outrageous! ''Outrageous!'' is a 1977 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Benner. The film stars Craig Russell (Canadian actor), Craig Russell as Drag queen, female impersonator Robin Turner, and Hollis McLaren as Turner's schizophrenia ...'' * "Emily", song on Elton John's album '' The One'' * "Emily", song on Asian versions of Feeder's album '' Comfort in Sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Lynne Mason
Stephanie Lynne Mason is a New York City-based theater actress. She has performed in several theatrical productions including Broadway theatre. Biography Early life and education Mason grew up in Columbus, Ohio. Her paternal great-grandfather was a Sicilian fisherman. She graduated from Columbus Academy in 2005. Her father died from leukemia in 2008. She moved to New York City directly after high school and got a talent agent. Career At age 19, for her first professional performance, she was cast as Maria in ''West Side Story'' at Houston’s Theater Under the Stars. Mason made her Broadway theatre debut as swing in the 2015 revival of Fiddler on the Roof. It opened November 12, 2015 and closed December 31, 2016, running a total of 431 performances. She also performed in Axis Theater Company's ''Evening 1910'' which opened May 8, 2016 and performed for 3 weeks closing May 28, 2016. She played Dyanne in the national tour of Million Dollar Quartet, a jukebox musical celebrating ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zalmen Mlotek
Zalmen Mlotek (; born June 15, 1951, in the Bronx, New York) is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer, and the Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF), the longest continuous running Yiddish theatre in the world. He is an internationally recognized authority on Yiddish folk and theater music and a leading figure in the Jewish theatre and concert worlds. As the Artistic Director of the NYTF for the past twenty years, Mlotek helped revive Yiddish classics, instituted bi-lingual simultaneous English and Russian supertitles at all performances and brought leading creative artists of television, theatre and film, such as Itzhak Perlman, Mandy Patinkin, Sheldon Harnick, Theo Bikel, Ron Rifkin, and Joel Grey, to the Yiddish stage. His vision has propelled classics including NYTF productions of the world premiere of Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yentl in Yiddish (1998), Di Yam Gazlonim (The Yiddish Pirates of Penzance, 2006) and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botoșani
Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. Origin of the name The name of the city probably has its origin in the name of a boyar family called ''Botaș'', whose name can be found in old records from the time of Prince Stephen the Great (late 15th century) as one of the most important families of Moldavia, records which trace it back to the 11th century. History Botoșani is first mentioned in 1439, in which one chronicle says that "the Mongols came and pillaged all the way to Botușani".Rădvan, p.469 The town is then mentioned only during the conflicts between Moldavia and Poland: several battles were fought near the town, in 1500, 1505 and 1509. During the reign of Petru Rareș, the town was set ablaze by the Poles. It was during his reign then that we know that the town had a hill fort. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folksbiene
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, commonly known as NYTF, is a professional theater company in New York City which produces both Yiddish theater, Yiddish plays and plays translated into Yiddish, in a theater equipped with simultaneous superscript translation into English. The company's leadership consists of executive director Dominick Balletta and artistic director Zalmen Mlotek. The board is co-chaired by Sandra Cahn and Carol Levin. History Folksbiene (, , ''People's Stage'') was founded in 1915, under the auspices of the Fraternity, fraternal and Yiddish cultural organization Workmen's Circle,History ". National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. nytf.org. Retrieved 23 November 2016. on New York City’s Lower East Side, as an amateur theatre group with high artistic ideals. It is the oldest consecutively producing theater company in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Rosenberg
Israel (also Yisroel or Yisrol) Rosenberg (c. 1850 – 1903 or 1904; Yiddish/Hebrew language, Hebrew: ישראל ראָזענבערג) founded the first Yiddish theater troupe in Imperial Russia. Life Having been a "hole-and-corner lawyer" (without a diploma) and swindler in Odessa, Rosenberg was one of many merchants and middlemen who moved to Bucharest, Romania, at the start of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78, Russo-Turkish War in 1877. When he arrived, he joined the nascent professional Yiddish-language theater troupe of Abraham Goldfaden. Following disagreements with Goldfaden, Rosenberg and his countryman Jacob Spivakovsky assembled a new travelling troupe and travelled around the eastern part of Romania. The troupe was initially successful, but much of their Yiddish-speaking audience returned to Russia at the end of the war, and they eventually returned destitute to Odessa, where there was a ready audience of those who had already seen Yiddish theater in Romania during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
