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Schwartz, Maurice
Schwartz, Maurice (1890–1960), actor and manager. Born in Sedikor, Russia, he came to America in 1901 and four years later gave his first professional performance with a Yiddish theatre in Baltimore. He acted in various cities before joining David Kessler in New York in 1912. When World War I made German‐language plays unpopular, he took over the Irving Place Theatre and turned it into the Yiddish Art Theatre, an organization he headed until 1950. Called the “John Barrymore of the Yiddish Theatre,” he was an actor of the old school. Dark‐haired and with piercing eyes, he had a flamboyant style, a rumbling voice, and, according to Yiddish theatre historian Nahma Sandrow, “distinctive rapid gabbling inflections.” Although Schwartz made infrequent appearances on English‐language stages, it was largely for his work in Yiddish that he was admired. Among his most noted roles were his Shylock and his aging Hassidic rabbi in Yoshe Kalb.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Schwartz, Maurice." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Schwartz, Maurice." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-SchwartzMaurice.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Schwartz, Maurice." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-SchwartzMaurice.html |
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