Jacob Gordin

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Yiddish playwright person playwright

Jacob Gordin was a pioneering late-19th-century playwright who helped modernize Yiddish theater with more realistic, literary dramas.

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instanceOf Yiddish playwright ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1853-04-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1909-06-11 ⓘ
employer Yiddish theater companies in New York ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
familyName Gordin ⓘ
fieldOfWork Yiddish theater ⓘ
theater ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
givenName Jacob ⓘ
hasPart adaptations of European classics for Yiddish stage ⓘ
influenced Yiddish theater in New York ⓘ
realistic acting in Yiddish theater ⓘ
inspiredBy Henrik Ibsen ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Russian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
movement realism ⓘ
name Jacob Gordin self-link ⓘ
notableFor challenging melodramatic conventions in Yiddish theater ⓘ
creating more literary Yiddish plays ⓘ
introducing realistic drama to Yiddish stage ⓘ
modernizing Yiddish theater ⓘ
notableWork God, Man and Devil ⓘ
Mirele Efros ⓘ
The Jewish King Lear ⓘ
The Wild Man ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
placeOfBirth Myrhorod ⓘ
Poltava Governorate ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
Odesa ⓘ
surface form: Odessa
spouse Annie Gordin ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
writingStyle realist drama ⓘ
social drama ⓘ

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