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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
The Society presented Yiddish plays such as ''[[Di tsvey Kuni-Leml]]'' (1880) and ''[[Bar Kochba]]'' (1883), both by Avrom Goldfaden (1848-1908)[https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Goldfadn_Avrom].
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The Society presented Yiddish plays such as ''[[Di tsvey Kuni-Leml]]'' (1880) and ''[[Bar Kochba]]'' (1883), both by Avrom Goldfaden (1840-1908)[https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Goldfadn_Avrom].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

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The Jewish Dramatic Society was founded in 1896 at Baltic House Hall (previously the Fox Street Convent), in Fox Street, Johannesburg. The local community was so hungry for arts and entertainment that houses were "crowded nightly to the doors by Gentiles as well as Jews".

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

The Society presented Yiddish plays such as Di tsvey Kuni-Leml (1880) and Bar Kochba (1883), both by Avrom Goldfaden (1840-1908)[1].

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

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