פּיקאָן, מאַלי / Picon, Molly, undated, 1927-1935

File — Box: 47, Folder: 103

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Scope and Contents

Localities: Buenos Aires, Chicago, Łódź, New York, Warsaw

Programs (11) for the following plays: "A mames opfer" by I. Zolatarevsky, with music by Joseph Rumshinsky; "Vos meydlekh tuen," operetta by A. Olshanetzky and Jacob Kalish, with a libretto by William Siegel and lyrics by Jacob Jacobs; "Dos freylekhe yesoymele," operetta by Kalich and Rumshinsky, with libretto by Siegel and lyrics by Louis Gilrod and Picon; "Mayn malkele" by Siegel, with music by Abraham Ellstein and lyrics by Jacobs, co-starring Aaron Lebedeff; "Tsipke fayer" by L. Freiman and Kalich, with music by Rumshinsky. Also includes a brochure concerning the opening of Molly Picon's Folks Theatre at 12th Street and Second Avenue; and three clippings, two of which pertain to appearances of Picon in "Yankele," in Warsaw and Łódź, respectively. 15 items.

Dates

undated, 1927-1935

Language of Materials

From the Sub-Series:

Predominantly in Yiddish, Polish, and English, with some Russian, Hebrew, and German, and occasional use of Lithuanian, Romanian, Latvian, Spanish, Dutch, French, and Swedish.