Hebrew Opera Company

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The Hebrew Opera Company was founded in Cape Town early in 1901 and catered mainly for the many Yiddish speaking immigrants from Eastern Europe.


Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Staged Shulamith (a Hebrew woman's name) a Yiddish play.

Staged The Converted Priest, a Yiddish play.


Sources

The Jews In South Africa by Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz, Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, London, New York, 1955.


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