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The living corpse: in five acts

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Title
The living corpse: in five acts
Additional title: Zhivoi trup. Yiddish
Names
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 (Author)
Peoples Theatre (New York, N.Y.) (Publisher)
Collection

Yiddish theater collection

Yiddish theater programs

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1915
Place: New York
Publisher: People's Theatre
Library locations
Dorot Jewish Division
Shelf locator: **P (Program) No. 102
Topics
Jewish arts
Adler, Jacob P., 1855-1926
Peoples Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Yiddish drama
Theater, Yiddish
אדלער, יעקב פ
Genres
Theater programs
Programs
Photographs
Portraits
Notes
Statement of responsibility: by Count Leo Tolstoy.
Content: People's Theater testimonial performance tendered to Mr. Jacob P. Adler on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday and the thirty-sixth anniversary of his activity on the stage, Thursday eve., Feb. 11, 1915
Content: Includes portrait of Jacob P. Adler and biography.
Performers: Cast includes Miss Frances Adfler, Mrs. Y. Tobias, Mrs. Annie Thomashefsky, Mr. Tobias, Mr. Joe Schoengold, Mrs. B. Thomashefsky, Mr. Verkauf, Mrs. Verkauf, Mr. Manne, Mr. Fried, N. N., Mr. Rubin, Mr. Schorr, Mr. Graff, Mr. Birnbaum, and Mr. Jacob P. Adler as Fedia Protosov.
Language: Program is in English, although the cast consists of Yiddish actors and the play was most likely performed in Yiddish.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 909027602
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20621733
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f2ec35a0-438a-0133-2c2d-00505686d14e
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Item timeline of events

  • 1828: Creator Born
  • 1910: Creator Died
  • 1915: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "The living corpse" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1915. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/83f89b00-4399-0133-e974-00505686d14e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "The living corpse" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/83f89b00-4399-0133-e974-00505686d14e

APA Format

Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. (1915). The living corpse Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/83f89b00-4399-0133-e974-00505686d14e

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The living corpse