Jacob Spivakofsky
Jacob Spivakofsky was one of the first stars in the early years of
Yiddish theater
.
Although Spivakofsky’s birthday is unknown, it is estimated to be in 1844 or 1845. He was born the highly cultured scion of a wealthy Russo-Turkish War. He crossed paths with Abraham Goldfaden, who only a year earlier had founded the first professional Yiddish
-language theater troupe, and abandoned journalism to become a romantic leading man.
He soon left Goldfaden's troupe along with fellow Odesite
Imperial Russia
. (Adler, 1999, 60, 68)
References
- ISBN 0-679-41351-0.
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