Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
Encyclopedia
The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
, a branch of
Montreal
's Segal Centre for Performing Arts
was founded in 1958 by Dora Wasserman
(June 1919– December 2003), a Ukrainian
actress, playwright
, and theatre director.
Their first play was The Innkeeper
.
Dora Wasserman directed over 70 plays during a period spanning over four decades.
One review said that "The most successful of these was A Bintel Brief
, based on immigrants' letters to the advice column of the Jewish Daily Forward
" (A Yiddish Language
newspaper).
Yiddish theatre
Yiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Central European Ashkenazi Jewish community. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic revues; melodrama; naturalist drama; expressionist and...
, a branch of
Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
's Segal Centre for Performing Arts
Segal Centre for Performing Arts
Segal Centre for Performing Arts is a Canadian theatre located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the city of Montreal, Quebec. The building that houses the theatre was designed by Montreal-architect Phyllis Lambert. It is home to the Segal Theatre, the Academy of Performing...
was founded in 1958 by Dora Wasserman
Dora Wasserman
-Youth Time:She was born June 30, 1919 at Jytomyr in Ukraine less than a handful of years after the Russian Revolution where she learned about and performed in live-performance theatres. She is the younger child of a modest Jewish family. His father is a locksmith...
(June 1919– December 2003), a Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
actress, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, and theatre director.
Their first play was The Innkeeper
.
Dora Wasserman directed over 70 plays during a period spanning over four decades.
One review said that "The most successful of these was A Bintel Brief
A Bintel Brief
A Bintel Brief was a Yiddish advice column. It printed a reader's question and posted an answer meant to help others as well. The column was started by Abraham Cahan the editor of Der Forvertz in 1906...
, based on immigrants' letters to the advice column of the Jewish Daily Forward
The Forward
The Forward , commonly known as The Jewish Daily Forward, is a Jewish-American newspaper published in New York City. The publication began in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily issued by dissidents from the Socialist Labor Party of Daniel DeLeon...
" (A Yiddish Language
Yiddish language
Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
newspaper).