The Yiddish King Lear (1934)

Jacob Adler.]] [[Jacob Gordin, the writer of The Yiddish King Lear]] The Yiddish King Lear ( Der Yidisher Konig Lir, also known as The Jewish King Lear) was an 1892 play by Jacob Gordin, and is generally seen as ushering in the first great era of Yiddish theater in the Yiddish Theater District, in which serious drama gained prominence over operetta.

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