Bar Kochba
Bar Kochba by Avrom Goldfaden (also found as Goldfadn; 1840-1908)[1].
The play is also found as Bar Kokhba
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The original text
Seth L. Wolitz describes the play as follows in his entry on the author in The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe[2]:
"Bar Kokhba, which premiered early in 1883, displays Goldfadn’s greatest talents. The play’s eponymous messianic tragic hero nobly confronts Rome but fails to liberate Israel. Grand operatic scenes alternate with intimate ones, from Roman court to Jewish campsite, public confrontation to private love scene."
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1890s: Performed in Yiddish by the Jewish Dramatic Society (founded in 1896), possibly at the Baltic House Hall in Fox Street, Johannesburg.
Sources
Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz. 1955. The Jews In South Africa - A History. Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, London, New York, 1955.
https://web.uwm.edu/yiddish-stage/plotting-yiddish-drama/di-tsvey-kuni-leml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Goldfaden
Seth L. Wolitz. "Goldfadn, Avrom". In: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe[3]
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