Peretz Hirschbein

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Peretz Hirschbein was a pioneering Yiddish playwright and theater director whose lyrical, often rural-themed dramas helped shape modern Yiddish theater in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Yiddish writer
person
playwright
theatre director
collaboratedWith Esther Shumiatcher
countryOfCitizenship Poland
Russian Empire
United States of America
era early 20th century
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Hirschbein
fieldOfWork Yiddish culture
literature
theatre
gender male
genre drama
lyrical drama
rural drama
givenName Peretz
influenced Yiddish stage realism
modern Yiddish theatre
influencedBy European realist drama
Jewish folk tradition
languageOfWorkOrName Yiddish
movement modern Yiddish theatre
name Peretz Hirschbein NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Yiddish
notableFor helping shape modern Yiddish theatre in the early 20th century
pioneering realistic and lyrical rural dramas in Yiddish
notableRole director of Yiddish theatre troupes
notableWork A Farvorfn Vinkel
Dem Schmids Tekhter
Green Fields
Miriam
occupation journalist
playwright
theatre director
travel writer
religion Judaism
spouse Esther Shumiatcher
writingStyle lyrical
writingTheme family relationships
nature
rural Jewish life
social change
wroteInLanguage Hebrew
Yiddish

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Yiddish theater notablePlaywright Peretz Hirschbein