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Ida
Kaminska
and the Jewish State
Theatre
of Poland
Play in New York
City, 1967
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In "Mirele Efros"
Ida Kaminska, July
1933
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There are works and plays
of this kind of classic style,
mean that one does not read them and
does not see them again. It's better to
keep in one's mind the impression of
how they were once-upon-a-time, during "those good times,"
when one read the work or the play or
saw it with that special kind of
religious thrill and piety that is hard
now to relive once again.
In her time, "Mirele
Efros" has had he appeal
and interest. It is associated with the
time of transition, when the
professional Yiddish theatre took to
speaking like people and began to create
types, characters. I once saw in the
role of Mirele Efros -- the Strelskaya,
who played very finely the proud role of
Mother Efros, then the famous Russian
artists Paskalova (in the famous Kiev
"Solovtsov" Theatre), and only later the
unforgettable Esther Rachel Kaminska, --
and going back several years Lidia
Potocka. Also the other
characters from "Mirele Efros" are also
well-etched in our memory from time
immemorial.
If you
bring up "Mirele
Efros" now -- you have to do something --
with respect to the playing of the
individual actors, or about the production in general. |
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Ida
Kaminska performs in the role with
tact, with understanding, according
to a fine plan. But the main thing is
missing: the majestic, the proud
Mirele Efros. When everyone is
afraid of her "cloth" and pays close
attention to her, when Mirele enters
the room, the room becomes filled
with her and everyone who looks at
her can seem small and insignificant,
become useless and insignificant,
and this was not felt. Now in the
play, this is not the "Mirele
Efros."
In "Mirele Efros"
there also played, for better or for
worse: Klara Segalowicz (Szejndele),
Naomi Natan (Machle), Simcha Natan (Nuchemtse),
Adam Domb (Szlojmele), E. Shtokfeder
(Chane Dwojre), Yitzhak Krelman
(Josele), Kasivner (Donie) et al. |
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