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FarUndzereKinstler(ForourArtists).teaArciszewskaandtheJewishartists
27
y.L.Peretz
ill.2.
lightandcoloursanditshistoricalandmulti-cultur-
alJewishandMiddle-Easternatmospherel
ItwasKratkawhointroducedTeatoPeretz
whenhewaspreparingillustrationsbasedon
Peretz’sfolkstoriesl6
TheclosecontactwithPeretzandthecultur-
alcentreathishomeat1CeglanaStreetbetween
1909-1914placedherattheepicentreofthenew
youngcircleofartistswhowereaffiliatedwithand
inspiredbyPeretzandthevisionforanewYiddish
theatrethatwouldexpresshismodernYiddish
world-view(illl2)l
AlexanderMukdoni,theYiddishtheatre,critic
notedthatPeretz“wantedtostartthenewYiddish
Theatrewithher”andthatshewasthemainacting
femaleinhisplaysalthoughshewasnotanexperi-
encedprofessionalactorl7
MiriamIzraelwasthestagenamethatPeretz
gaveherandsheplayedleadingrolesintwoofhis
plays:
EsBrent
(It’sburning)underthedirection
ofMarekArensteinandin
InPolish
8
OyfderKeyt
(Inthechamberinchains)underthedirection
ofMarekShvaydl9
Inhernextphase,inthemiddleofthe1920s,
Teaestablishedanindependenttheatreandinsome
sensethiscanbeperceivedasanefforttorevive
Peretz’svisioninherownwayl
6Trunk(1944-1953:47-48)l
7Mukdoni(1949:166)l
8Polish’inYiddishisanante-room,smallroom/chamber
thatleadstoanotherroomlInPeretz’splaytheroomisasmall
chamberinthesynagoguel
9Peretz(1920)l
ShereferredtoPeretz’seffortto“bringinto
Yiddishtheatre,anaesthetic,gentleness,subtlety
andtheinternalwhichhecouldnotfindinthe
Jewishtheatreofhistimel”
“Imostlyspentmytimeamongartistsandwrit-
ers,mywholeworldwasartandtheatrelAtthat
timeIalreadyknewtheworldofdramaturgiclit-
eraturelButPeretz’sdramaticpoemshadawakened
inmetheeternalsparks,whichglowedinmybe-
ing,whichremainedfromtheoldgeneration,from
myreligioushomeandfrommyentireancestryl
WithmyownintuitionIsawinPeretz’ssymbolic
worksthegenialreflectionofourgreatJewishval-
ueslAndIrememberbeingsomeonewhowasso
overwhelmedbyPeretz’sworkthatIsimplysuffered
whenhearingthereceptionthatcirculatedl”10
Thiswasinfactthepotentialqualitycon-
cealedinPeretz’swork,aqualitythatledawide
10Arciszewska(1955:75)l
