ADOLF SHLIFERSHTEYN
He was
an actor and director, born in Warsaw.
He traveled around with Yiddish theatrical troupes through Poland and
Galicia. He lived in Lodz, Lemberg,
London, and Warsaw. He authored the
theatrical piece Dora oder der milyoner
als betler (Dora or the millionaire as beggar) (Warsaw, 1893), 50 pp. The Russian subtitle reads [in English]: “Translated
from German”; Etsba elohim (Finger of
God); N. Dranov’s Der meshugener in
shpitol (The crazy man in the hospital) was actually a play by
Shlifershteyn. He died in Lemberg.
Sources: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 4; Zalmen Zilbertsvayg, Leksikon fun yidishn teater (Handbook of the Yiddish theater), vol.
6 (Mexico City, 1969).
Berl Cohen
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