Joseph Edelstein
Joseph Edelstein (
Yiddish Theatre in America.[1]
Early life
Joseph (Yozef) Edelstein was born December 10, 1858, in
Yiddish theater
". He was married to Pauline Finkelstein, who also acted in the Yiddish theatres. They had two children, Isidore and Elias. Isadore acted in the Yiddish theatres for a short time, and Elias worked with his father and later ran the Second Avenue Theater.
America
He and his wife emigrated to America in 1886. He became a ticket controller, and in 1889 he became the manager of the
Jacob Adler. He also managed the Thalia Theatre, and the People's Theatre
.
In 1912, when the
Yiddish Theater District
.
In 1919, he returned to become the manager of the Second Avenue Theatre until the 1931-1932 season. In the 1921-30 seasons he was partners with Joseph Rumshinsky, Jacob Kalich, Molly Picon, William Pasternak, Nathan Parnes and Max Seger, and one season with Maurice Schwartz.
In 1896, he traveled to
Lemberg he brought the actor Karl Shramek
.
He died on September 24, 1940, and is buried in Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn alongside of his wife Pauline Edelstein and his son, Isidore Edelstein.[2]