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−	''[[Di tsvey Kuni-Leml]]'' ("[[The Two Kuni-Lemls]]") is a Yiddish comedy in four acts by Avrom Goldfaden (1840-1908)[https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Goldfadn_Avrom].	+	''[[Di tsvey Kuni-Leml]]'' ("[[The Two Kuni-Lemls]]") is a Yiddish comedy in four acts by Avrom Goldfaden (also found as Goldfadn; 1840-1908)[https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Goldfadn_Avrom].

	The title appears in various forms in different publications, including ''[[Tsvey Kuni Lemel]]'', ''[[Zwei Kuhne Lemels]]'', ''[[Shnei Kuni Leml]]'' and ''[[שני קוני למל]]''		The title appears in various forms in different publications, including ''[[Tsvey Kuni Lemel]]'', ''[[Zwei Kuhne Lemels]]'', ''[[Shnei Kuni Leml]]'' and ''[[שני קוני למל]]''

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-Set in Odessa and Krakow, the play is based on a popular German comedy ''[[Nathan Schlemiel]]'' by J. Rosenzweig ()[] and broadly deals with issues of family, love, marriage, assimilation, religious tradition, tradition vs. modernity and Jewish Communal Affairs.
+Set in Odessa and Krakow, the play is based on a popular German comedy ''[[Nathan Schlemiel]]'' (Nathan Idiot) by J. Rosenzweig ()[] and broadly deals with issues of family, love, marriage, assimilation, religious tradition, tradition vs. modernity and Jewish Communal Affairs.
 The storyline is briefly outlined as follows by Eva Heinstein[https://jewish-music.huji.ac.il/content/tsvey-kuni-lemel]: "''The play follows the story of Carolina, a daughter of a wealthy Hasid, who falls in love with Max, a maskil medical student. Her father insists that she marry an observant Jew, and with the help of a self-interested matchmaker, finds Kuni Lemel (Max's cousin), a short-sighted, stuttering, limping boy of respected Rabbinical lineage. Max takes advantage of his physical resemblance and dresses up as Kuni Lemel to furl the match, and marry his beloved Carolina.'' "

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	Adapted as a film called ''[[The Flying Matchmaker]]'' (also: ''[[Two Kuni Lemel]]'', ''[[Shnei Kuni Leml]]'' or ''[[שני קוני למל]]'') is a 1966 Israeli film musical directed by Israel Becker. The story is based on the 1880 Yiddish play.		Adapted as a film called ''[[The Flying Matchmaker]]'' (also: ''[[Two Kuni Lemel]]'', ''[[Shnei Kuni Leml]]'' or ''[[שני קוני למל]]'') is a 1966 Israeli film musical directed by Israel Becker. The story is based on the 1880 Yiddish play.
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		+	Translated for English audiences as ''The Fanatic; or, the Two Kuni Lemls'', later shortend to the better known ''Kuni Leml'' and performed in 1984 in New York. [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/16/theater/theater-kuni-leml-adapted-from-yiddish.html]

	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==

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	The storyline is briefly outlined as follows by Eva Heinstein[https://jewish-music.huji.ac.il/content/tsvey-kuni-lemel]: "''The play follows the story of Carolina, a daughter of a wealthy Hasid, who falls in love with Max, a maskil medical student. Her father insists that she marry an observant Jew, and with the help of a self-interested matchmaker, finds Kuni Lemel (Max's cousin), a short-sighted, stuttering, limping boy of respected Rabbinical lineage. Max takes advantage of his physical resemblance and dresses up as Kuni Lemel to furl the match, and marry his beloved Carolina.'' "		The storyline is briefly outlined as follows by Eva Heinstein[https://jewish-music.huji.ac.il/content/tsvey-kuni-lemel]: "''The play follows the story of Carolina, a daughter of a wealthy Hasid, who falls in love with Max, a maskil medical student. Her father insists that she marry an observant Jew, and with the help of a self-interested matchmaker, finds Kuni Lemel (Max's cousin), a short-sighted, stuttering, limping boy of respected Rabbinical lineage. Max takes advantage of his physical resemblance and dresses up as Kuni Lemel to furl the match, and marry his beloved Carolina.'' "
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−	follows the story of Carolina, a daughter of a wealthy Hasid, who falls in love with Max, a maskil medical student. Her father insists that she marry an observant Jew, and with the help of a self-interested matchmaker, finds Kuni Lemel (Max's cousin), a short-sighted, stuttering, limping boy of respected Rabbinical lineage. Max takes advantage of his physical resemblance and dresses up as Kuni Lemel to furl the match, and marry his beloved Carolina. In the end, Max wins Carolina

	First performed in 1880 and published in 1887. Published by the New York Hebrew Publishing Company as ''[[Tsvey Kuni Lemel]]''.		First performed in 1880 and published in 1887. Published by the New York Hebrew Publishing Company as ''[[Tsvey Kuni Lemel]]''.

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 Set in Odessa and Krakow, the play is based on a popular German comedy ''[[Nathan Schlemiel]]'' by J. Rosenzweig ()[] and broadly deals with issues of family, love, marriage, assimilation, religious tradition, tradition vs. modernity and Jewish Communal Affairs.
-The storyline is briefly outlined as follows by Eva Heinstein[https://jewish-music.huji.ac.il/content/tsvey-kuni-lemel]: "The play follows the story of Carolina, a daughter of a wealthy Hasid, who falls in love with Max, a maskil medical student. Her father insists that she marry an observant Jew, and with the help of a self-interested matchmaker, finds Kuni Lemel (Max's cousin), a short-sighted, stuttering, limping boy of respected Rabbinical lineage. Max takes advantage of his physical resemblance and dresses up as Kuni Lemel to furl the match, and marry his beloved Carolina. "
+The storyline is briefly outlined as follows by Eva Heinstein[https://jewish-music.huji.ac.il/content/tsvey-kuni-lemel]: "''The play follows the story of Carolina, a daughter of a wealthy Hasid, who falls in love with Max, a maskil medical student. Her father insists that she marry an observant Jew, and with the help of a self-interested matchmaker, finds Kuni Lemel (Max's cousin), a short-sighted, stuttering, limping boy of respected Rabbinical lineage. Max takes advantage of his physical resemblance and dresses up as Kuni Lemel to furl the match, and marry his beloved Carolina.'' "
 follows the story of Carolina, a daughter of a wealthy Hasid, who falls in love with Max, a maskil medical student. Her father insists that she marry an observant Jew, and with the help of a self-interested matchmaker, finds Kuni Lemel (Max's cousin), a short-sighted, stuttering, limping boy of respected Rabbinical lineage. Max takes advantage of his physical resemblance and dresses up as Kuni Lemel to furl the match, and marry his beloved Carolina. In the end, Max wins Carolina

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 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://jewish-music.huji.ac.il/content/tsvey-kuni-lemel
+Eva Heinstein et al. "Tsvey Kuni Lemel", in the online exhibit entitled: "Abraham Goldfaden: A Centennial Tribute", on the Jewish Music
 https://web.uwm.edu/yiddish-stage/plotting-yiddish-drama/di-tsvey-kuni-leml

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	Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz. 1955. ''The Jews In South Africa - A History''. Geoffrey Cumberlege, [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town, London, New York, 1955.		Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz. 1955. ''The Jews In South Africa - A History''. Geoffrey Cumberlege, [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town, London, New York, 1955.
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		+	https://jewish-music.huji.ac.il/content/tsvey-kuni-lemel

	https://web.uwm.edu/yiddish-stage/plotting-yiddish-drama/di-tsvey-kuni-leml		https://web.uwm.edu/yiddish-stage/plotting-yiddish-drama/di-tsvey-kuni-leml

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 ''[[Di tsvey Kuni-Leml]]'' ("[[The Two Kuni-Lemls]]") is a Yiddish comedy in four acts by Avrom Goldfaden (1840-1908)[https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Goldfadn_Avrom].
-The title appears in various forms in different publications, including ''[[Tsvey Kuni Lemel]]'', ''[[Shnei Kuni Leml]]'' and ''[[שני קוני למל]]''
+The title appears in various forms in different publications, including ''[[Tsvey Kuni Lemel]]'', ''[[Zwei Kuhne Lemels]]'', ''[[Shnei Kuni Leml]]'' and ''[[שני קוני למל]]''
 ==The original text==