Estelle Sweet and Anita Roszansky performing in “Yiddish King Lear,” Madison, 1938

Estelle Sweet and Anita Roszansky performing in “Yiddish King Lear,” Madison, 1938

Madison (Wis.)

1938

In 1938 the students performed the “Yiddish King Lear.” This production was not a translation of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” but the title does acknowledge the play’s plot source. The play is set in Lithuania in 1890. Estelle Sweet (L) and Anita Roszansky (R) performed.

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison Public Library

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