Di tsvey Kuni-Leml
Di tsvey Kuni-Leml ("The Two Kuni-Lemls") is a Yiddish comedy in four acts by Avrom Goldfaden (1840-1908)[1].
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The original text
Set in Odessa, Krakow, the play deals with issues of family, love, marriage, assimilation, religious tradition, tradition vs. modernity and Jewish Communal Affairs.
First performed in 1880 and published in 1887.
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
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