Treść książki
Przejdź do opcji czytnikaPrzejdź do nawigacjiPrzejdź do informacjiPrzejdź do stopki
FarUndzereKinstler(ForourArtists).teaArciszewskaandtheJewishartists
29
15
PeretzMarkish,inanarticleOnYiddishtheatre
inPolandpublishedin1927,openedwithaques-
tion:theatreoractors?
16
Markishwasquestioning
whetherthereisadefinedconceptionoftheatreor
ill.4.BerKratka,IllustrationforPeretz's"Inpolishoyf
derkeyt"
whetheritisanopenfieldlHestatedthatthereis
noartisticagendaandeverythingisperformed-
VictorHugoandKunilemel,aJapaneseplayand
LibeGeltunShand(Love,MoneyandShame)to-
getherwithafragmentfromAtNightintheold
MarketPlaceandUrielAcostalEverythingisbeing
performedwiththesametragicseriousnessand
primitivenaïvetélMarkishperceivedthetheatrical
projectofDovidHermanandtheVilnaTroupe
asasuccessfulartisticventurethatestablishedthe
modernpositionofthedirectorlButsinceitwasop-
posedtotheessentialPurimshpilnatureofJewish
theatre,itdidnotgainafootholdinthetheatrical
worldforlongandafteraperiodofCmysticalepi-
demic,’thetendencytowardsoperetta,comedyand
chaoswassoonfavouredl
atraditionalreviewtheatrelTheAzazelTheater
Marketforceswerepullinginthosesamedirec-
waslocatedinadrivingschoolinthecommercial
tions,togetherwiththegreatinfluenceofcabaret
partofNalewkiStreetl
aswellasthePolishavant-gardethat,inthesev-
BesideHenrykBerlewi’sartisticinvolvement
eralyearsaftertheGreatWar,hadproducedar-
asasetdesignerforAzazel,agalleryofimportant
tisticeventsincafesandclubslTheseeventsdrew
artistsandwriterswereactiveinthegrouplAmong
significantattentiontoanewartisticinteractionl
themwereYitskhokLichtenstein,Władysław
ThePolishtroupeQuiProQuothathadconquered
Weintraub,JózefŚliwniak,HenrykGoldshlak,
WarsawhaditselfbeeninfluencedbytheRussian
YitskhokBraunerandthecomposerHenekhKonl
cabarettroupeswhichtouredthroughoutEurope,
MadameDouniewskaprovidedfinancialsupport
amongthemBluebirdandTheBatlSuchinfluences
forthetheatrelItwasTeaandDovidHermanwho
reachedJewishquartersandpushedTeatoestablish
chosetextsfromPeretz,SholemAleykhem,Alter
Azazelasakindofreviewtheatrethatdrewfrom
Kacyzne,MosheBroderzon,ItzikManger,Der
thetreasuresofJewishtraditionandfolklore,in-
Tunkleramongothers,andYlMNaymangavethe
cludingafusionofsketchesandhumourwithdra-
nameAzazeltothetheatrel18
matictextsconsistentlyofahighartisticstandardl
Thiswasakindofmodernandupdatedtransfor-
mationoftheBroderZinger17whowerethemselves
songwritersandperformerswhofromatleasttheearly19
th
centurysanganddanced,oftenincomicdisguises,andwho
performedshortone-actplayslTheywereamongthefirst
15Arciszewska(1955:79)l
topubliclyperformYiddish-languagesongsoutsideofPurim
16Markish(1927:152-163)l
playsandweddingparties,andwereanimportantprecursor
17
TheBrodersingers,fromBrodyinGalicia[now
toYiddishtheatrel
Ukraine,]wereJewishitinerantperformersinAustrianGali-
18
IntheWarsawghettointhemosthorrifictimeswe
cia,Romania,andRussia,professionalorsemiprofessional
knowthattheJewstriedtokeepculturallifeasaliveasthey
“łmyattemptsthroughouttheyears,atdif-
ferenttimes,indifferentphases,indifferent
forms,ledmetomygoalandtomyartisticdebt
toPeretzl”
