This listing is for a set of 8 Yiddish Theater postcards from the Goldberg & Jacobs Prospect Theatre in the Bronx, New York City. These are from a play titled in English, "The Unfortunate Bride of Suffolk Street". Each postcard measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". A 1932 New York Times article mentions that the play opened in November of 1931. The article's author wrote "And this smash hit is an excellent symbol of the estate of the Yiddish stage at the present moment."
The front of the postcards picture different scenes, actors, and advertisements for this play. The text on the back of each postcard is the same. It lists the cast as Nathan Goldberg, Jacob Jacobs, Muny Serebrov, Abraham Teitelbaum, Rose Goldberg, Lucky Finkle, Betty Jacobs, Bella Finkle, Seymour Rechtzeit, Abe Gross, Sidney Hart, M.B. Samuylow, Henrieta Jacobson, and Yetta Zwerling. The stage settings were supervised by Lucy Robins (Lang) and with music by their composer, Jasha Kreitzberg. The play was dramatized by Harry Lang and Leon Crystal. It was produced by Nathan Goldberg.
Postcard #1 Pictures "Abraham Teitelbaum as Kovalsky" and "Yetta Zwerling as Lina"
Postcard #2 Pictures "Lucy Finkle as Bella"
Postcard #3 Pictures "Bella Finkle as Ethel"
Postcard #4 Pictures "Nathan Goldberg as Dave Lowenthal"
Postcard #5 Pictures The "Cast of The Unfortunate Bride of Suffolk Street" and is captioned in Yiddish and English.
Postcard #6 Pictures the poster from "Die Umgluckliche Kale From Suffolk Street From the successful novel...by Eva Lazarus"
Postcard #7 Pictures "A Scene from The Unfortunate Bride of Suffolk Street"
Postcard #8 Pictures "A Scene from The Unfortunate Bride of Suffolk Street"
Condition: Overall, these are in excellent condition for being nearly 100 years old. A couple have stains and light indentations. They have been carefully preserved over the years.
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