HARRY KRON

HARRY KRON (October 3, 1870-1930s)

            He was a playwright and an artist, born in Odessa.  His Jewish give name was Tsvi-Hersh.  He moved to New York in 1895.  He traveled around with acting troupes through various cities in America, Europe, and South Africa.  He wrote plays for the Yiddish theater: the melodramas, A mames lid (A mother’s song), Libes-berg (Love mountain), and A lebn far a lebn (A life for a life); the comedy, Freylekhe kaptsonim (Happy paupers); the drama, Klasnkamf (Class struggle); and the operetta, Yude un tomer (Judah and Tamar).  All of his plays were staged but none were published.  He also wrote songs for the Yiddish theater, such as “Yisroelik der yosem” (Yisroelik the orphan) and “Shrayb mir a brivele” (Write me a little letter) which were sung.  From time to time, he published sketches in Idisher rekord (Jewish record) in Chicago.  He died in New York.

Source: Zalmen Zilbertsvayg, Leksikon fun yidishn teater (Handbook of the Yiddish theater), vol. 3 (New York, 1959).