Diego Rotman: Dzigan & Schumacher

Diego Rotman, author of The Yiddish Stage as a
Temporary Home: Dzigan and Shumacher’s Satirical Theater
(1927-1980), discusses the famed Yiddish comedy duo Shimon
Dzigan and Yisroel Schumacher in an interview with
Sholem Beinfeld, Professor Emeritus of the
Department of History at Washington University in St. Louis,
and a co-host of The Yiddish Voice. For further info:

Home page for this book's English translation at the
publisher, De Gruyter

Home page for this book's Hebrew original, הבמה כבית
ארעי: התאטרון של דז'יגאן ושומאכר (1980-1927) , at the
publisher, Magnes Press

דזשיגאַן און שומאַכער: אױף דער בינע פֿונעם ייִדישן גלות
(Review article in Yiddish by Michael Krutikov, published in
the Yiddish Forverts, April 16, 2021)

Diego Rotman's home page at Hebrew University's
Department of Theatre Studies

Yivo Encyclopedia page on Dzigan and Schumacher





Music:


Wolf Krakowski: Yeder Ruft Mikh Zhamele

Intro and Outro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an
instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz



Air Date: March 2, 2022