Tomorrow, Sept. 23, in 1902, Yiddish actor Leib Drucker was born. Here is a
partial biography for him, from my translation of his Yiddish bio in Zalmen
Zylbercweig's "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre."
Also, of course, my best wishes to you and yours for a Happy and Healthy Ne=
w
Year.
Leib Drucker was born on 23 September 1902 in Czernowitz, Bukovina. His
father was a tailor. He studied in the Israelite-German School and in the
Czernowitz Real School.
During the First World War he studied in Czechoslovakia (Prague, Arnoy? and
Troytenin?), but he did not finish his studies due to a lack of funds.
Before the end of the war he returned home, joined the Socialist Party and
started to travel around Rumania, working at all kinds of hard work. On his
own he learned to read, write and speak the Yiddish language.
He started in a small Yiddish theatre in a hall in Iasi, on the Red Bridge
(street in Jewish Quarter, ed.). He was arrested one year because of his
political views. After he was set free he started to write in the
"Czernowitzer bleter", "Oyfgang" (Marmaros-Sziget), and other periodicals i=
n
different places within greater Rumania.
Julian Schwarz informs us that in 1926 in the "Kultura" Hall in Iasi, he an=
d
his friend performed the two main characters in the play "Brider"
(Brothers).
On 4 July 1928 he was in Iasi in the "Pomul Verde" (Romanian for "The Green
Tree") which was represented by Adolf Tefner Drucker's dramatic play "Der
lezter dor" ("The Last Generation"), a play in three acts.
Drucker became a leader of the dramatic section performances, and on 6
October 1929, in Iasi in the "Kultura" Hall was performed by the independen=
t
dramatic circle "Yung yidish" ("Yiddish Youth") , his "Fun mentshn bis
shigun" ("About People and Obsession"), a dramatic play with eight "images,=
"
a work of Ivangoe's biography.
Here H. was involved as a prompter in the Yiddish theatre, and he wrote the
operetta "Dem arendors tokhter" ("The Landlord's Daughter") (with music of
Sh. Prizament), which was performed on 3 April 1930 in the Czernowitz State
Theatre. It had a great success in Rumania and later was performed in Warsa=
w
as "Die ungarishe kreitsheme" ("The Hungarian Bar [Saloon]"). Later the
operetta was performed as "Sarahle"? (music of I. Zon-Poliakov).
On 26 August 1932 there was staged by Sh. Prizament and Gizi Heiden in
Czernowitz Drucker's three-act operetta "Leikes mazel" ("Leike's Luck")
(Music by Sh. Prizament) that later would be presented as "A lid fun libe"
("A Song of Love").
On 3 August 1934 with Dina König, Adolf Tefner and Zalmen Kroyn?, Drucker=
's
"Dem shnaiders bat Iechide" ("The Tailor's Only Daughter"), a musical comed=
y
in two acts (Music by Oigen Yoshe Singer), was performed.
D. also wrote the songs for the musical comedy "Reizel makht cariere"
("Reizel Makes a Career ") called "Orem vi a kirchenmois" ("Poor Like Churc=
h
Mouse").
In 1934, in an issue of the "Czernowitzer bleter" there appeared: Leib
Drucker. Twenty-seven songs (page 48) in the "Lexicon of the New Yiddish
Literature", in which it is said about the songs: "His songs, mostly of the
English lyric, sometime show a rebellious note."
D. also wrote articles in "reviews" for Yiddish theatre in the Yiddish pres=
s
in Rumania and also in the Rumanian language, the journal "Aventul".
D. also wrote a book "Fun soflior kasten".
Julian Schwarz writes about it:
-"The author used the poetic style from "Jungle Theatre", if it allowed him
to characterize the once-wandering Yiddish province theatre. Often he
touches on such hearty theater items as "starrism", willing "impressions" o=
r
"directoren", the situation of the Yiddish actors, theatre-repertoire, the
theater saloons, work and play facilities, and other related things.
The aim may have been a good one, but the author Leib Drucker has used his
will to serve the truths and showed him a way to a better literary theatre.
This is why he starts with the simple, rude and ignorant person, the
ignorance of the actors and audience, but with a sense of subjectivity. Eve=
n
quarrels and bitterness are involved."
www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/yt/lex/D/drucker-leib.htm
Best wishes,
Steve Lasky
Founder and Director
Museum of Family History
www.museumoffamilyhistory.com
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