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and afterwards in the
first Yiddish state theatre (director: Bertanov).
1922 – he went to Poland and joined the Yiddish
Artists Union and put on plays in Paris. 1924 – he
performed with Clara Young in Belgium, where he
acted until 1930.
He made his debut as a writer in 1909 with a poem
published in the Warsaw “Theatre World.” In 1919 he
wrote “Toglider”, Day Songs/Poems, in “Di
shtime", (edited by Shachne Epstein). 1922 – he
worked on the Parisian periodicals “Dos yidishe
lebn”, "The Jewish Life" and “Parizer bleter”. 1925
- he edited the weekly “Dos yidishe vort” in Belgium
(published six issues) and later was a permanent
staff member of the Antwerp “Yidisher zaytung”,
where he wrote essays and theatre criticism under
the pen name “Benye Plapler”.
Wagner also wrote the
following plays: “Di froy in keytn (The Woman in
Chains)", (performed in Odessa in 1919 in Yeveryski
Theatre); “Shloyme hamelekh der tsveyter (King
Solomon the Second)", (produced in 1915 by Jacob
Silbert in Brussels and Antwerp); “Der vilner gaon
("The Gaon of Vilna)", (produced by Wolf Zilberberg
in 1927 in the London Pavilion Theatre), and the
not-yet performed" Erotomania".
He translated the
following plays: “Ven der tayvel lakht (When the
Devil Laughs)", by Sofia Biela (produced by Zygmunt
Turkow in 1922 in Warsaw); “Der galekh rasputin
(Rasputin the Monk)", (produced in Paris by
Blumenthal), and “Vera Irvantsov” (produced in 1923
in Paris by Blumenthal), and the unperformed
“Korbones fun zind (Victims of Sin)", and “Dos
favoritn-maydl (The Favorite Girl)", both from the
Flemish.
Wagner dramatized
Andreyev's “Di ziben gehangene (The Seven Who Were
Hanged)", (produced in Paris in 1923 by Axelrad),
and Sholem Asch's “Kiddush hashem”, (produced in
1929 in Antwerp by Blumenthal).
He passed away in
Brussels on 23 February 1930.
Sh. E.
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