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Author

Adler, Jacob P., 1855-1926.

Title A life on the stage : a memoir / by Jacob Adler ; translated, edited, and with commentary by Lulla Adler Rosenfeld ; with an introduction by Stella Adler.

Published

New York : Knopf, 1999.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
UniM Store	792.028092 ADLE MF10	AVAILABLE

Edition	1st ed.
Physical description	xxiv, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes	Serialized 1916 to 1919 in the Yiddish newspaper Di Ṿarhayṭ.
Summary	"A lost document of theatrical history written more than seven decades ago is now translated for the first time into English - the autobiography of the great Yiddish actor Jacob Adler. It is, as well, a history of the Yiddish theater - for which Adler himself was almost single-handedly responsible - in Russia, England, and the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject	Adler, Jacob P., 1855-1926.
	Jewish actors -- United States -- Biography.
	Actors -- United States -- Biography.
	Theater, Yiddish -- History.
ISBN	0679413510