Boaz Young
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Boaz Yungvits aka Bernard Young (born 1870 in Novidvor, Poland) was a Polish actor.
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In 1889 he emigrated to the United States and joined a dramatic club, where Kopl Sender had produced Abraham Goldfaden
's Doktor Almasado in which Boaz played "Bartelo" and with which he traveled to play in the provinces. In 1891 he played in Der yidisher kenig lir (The Jewish King Lear) then with Adler in the Roumania Opera House and in the Windsor Theater. In the 1910s he played in People's Theater, the Thalia theater, Kessler's Lyric Theater in Brooklyn
and in 1911 starred with his wife in H. Meyzel's piece Di Bigamists aka Zayn Vayb's Man (His wife's lover).
The Youngs went to Europe, starring in Lemberg (Lodz), Tshernovitz, Yasi, Bucharest, then came back to America where Boaz helped create the Second Avenue Theater. He travelled to Warsaw, Poland several times with his wife Clara Young
, playing at the Elizium Theater in Anshel Shor and Joseph Rumshinsky
's Di Amerikanerin, and at the Kaminski theater in Rakov in Rumshinsky's Khantshe in Amerike, Filips's Alma vu voynstu? and the German operetta Puptshik. In 1915 they played at the Bilgarov theater in Odessa
and toured Roumania, then appearing in a musical he wrote, Jeykele the Bluffer. They then toured through Russia, particularly in Yekaterinoslav, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Odessa and Kiev, returning to New York and Brooklyn's Liberty Theater to star again in his Jeykele (with new music by Sholem Secunda), Dos Holand Vaybkhen, and Berele Tremp by Israel Rosenberg.
In 1923 he appeared in Toronto's Standard Theater; in 1924 he played in Warsaw's Di Rumenishe Khasene (The Rumanian Wedding) by Moyshe Shor, toured the Soviet Union, Argentina, played in Baltimore. He wrote articles about Yiddish theater in Russia and Poland for Di varhayt
. He wrote a book of his memoirs in 1950.
Biography
Young learned Russian, Polish, and German in childhood after studying and learning Hebrew with the Yanover Rav. In 1887, he became a supporter of the Tantsman-Spivakovski troup in the Eldorado Theater and then moved to London where he was devoted to the Yiddish theatre troup (Adler, Gradner, Max Rosenthal, and Abba SchoengoldAbba Schoengold
Abba Schoengold was a Romanian Jewish actor in the early years of Yiddish theater, the first person to score a serious reputation a dramatic actor in Yiddish.- Biography :...
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In 1889 he emigrated to the United States and joined a dramatic club, where Kopl Sender had produced Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden ; was an Russian-born Jewish poet, playwright, stage director and actor in the languages Yiddish and Hebrew, author of some 40 plays.Goldfaden is considered the father of the Jewish modern theatre.In 1876 he founded in...
's Doktor Almasado in which Boaz played "Bartelo" and with which he traveled to play in the provinces. In 1891 he played in Der yidisher kenig lir (The Jewish King Lear) then with Adler in the Roumania Opera House and in the Windsor Theater. In the 1910s he played in People's Theater, the Thalia theater, Kessler's Lyric Theater in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
and in 1911 starred with his wife in H. Meyzel's piece Di Bigamists aka Zayn Vayb's Man (His wife's lover).
The Youngs went to Europe, starring in Lemberg (Lodz), Tshernovitz, Yasi, Bucharest, then came back to America where Boaz helped create the Second Avenue Theater. He travelled to Warsaw, Poland several times with his wife Clara Young
Clara Young (Yiddish theater)
Clara Young was a Yiddish theatrical actor. Born to parents who loved the stage she spent her early years in a home that housed rehearsals of traveling Yiddish theater troups...
, playing at the Elizium Theater in Anshel Shor and Joseph Rumshinsky
Joseph Rumshinsky
Joseph Rumshinsky , Jewish composer born near Vilna in Lithuania . Rumshinsky - with Sholom Secunda, Alexander Olshanetsky, and Abraham Ellstein - is considered one of the "big four" of American Yiddish theater....
's Di Amerikanerin, and at the Kaminski theater in Rakov in Rumshinsky's Khantshe in Amerike, Filips's Alma vu voynstu? and the German operetta Puptshik. In 1915 they played at the Bilgarov theater in Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
and toured Roumania, then appearing in a musical he wrote, Jeykele the Bluffer. They then toured through Russia, particularly in Yekaterinoslav, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Odessa and Kiev, returning to New York and Brooklyn's Liberty Theater to star again in his Jeykele (with new music by Sholem Secunda), Dos Holand Vaybkhen, and Berele Tremp by Israel Rosenberg.
In 1923 he appeared in Toronto's Standard Theater; in 1924 he played in Warsaw's Di Rumenishe Khasene (The Rumanian Wedding) by Moyshe Shor, toured the Soviet Union, Argentina, played in Baltimore. He wrote articles about Yiddish theater in Russia and Poland for Di varhayt
Di varhayt
Di varhayt was a Yiddish Communist newspaper published from Petrograd, Russia, published by the People's Commissariat for Jewish Affairs. The first issue was published on March 8, 1918. Di varhayt was the first Yiddish communist newspaper in the world...
. He wrote a book of his memoirs in 1950.