33  January 9th, 1947


  1. Recall, although the theater had been renamed to the Kalich theater, it was known before - and for a much longer time - as the Windsor↩︎

  2. 1906/1907↩︎

  3. At 3rd and Green Sts↩︎

  4. Sheet music for the title song of the play↩︎

  5. Anshel Schorr’s brother. An actor and playwright, his Leksikon fun Yidishn Teater entry has not yet been translated, but it is available from Volume 4, page 2650.↩︎

  6. Sam played at the Columbia Theater during the 1907/1908 season, after which the troupe moved to the Arch Street Theater where he played during the 1908/1909 and 1909/1910 seasons. Below is pictured the Arch Street Theater troupe of 1909/1910, featuring Sam in the top left corner and his wife Suzie in the bottom left corner. There are several notable names here, including (but not limited to!) Sam’s old friend Jacob Frank (second from the top on the right side), Maurice Schwartz (second from the right on the bottom row), and Clara Rafalo whose career Sam helped launch in Cincinnati (Chapter 19; second from the right on the top row).

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  7. located at 46 Bowery↩︎

  8. Kessler’s nickname for Sam Kestin↩︎

  9. who apparently they also hired!↩︎

  10. and bought Sam’s farm in ~1895↩︎

  11. Listen to a song from the play↩︎

  12. 1910/1911↩︎

  13. Slang effectively meaning “jerk.” Literally means thief/bandit↩︎

  14. bastard↩︎