Publishers cloth. 8vo. 188 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Bibliotek fun Yivo. Added english title page: “A Centenary of Abraham Goldfaden”. Contains writings by various authors on Goldfaden and the Yiddish Theatre in Lemberg, his activities in Paris, Goldfaden’s unpublished letters, poems, etc. Avrom Goldfaden (1840–1908) , “playwright, theater director, poet, and impresario; considered the ‘Father of Yiddish Theater. ’ Avrom Goldfadn’s productions emerged during the period of the Haskalah movement in Russia and the cultural-nationalistic activities of East European minorities. The first director to create a viable Jewish national theater, Goldfadn built up an audience and initiated its members into Western aesthetics, secularism, and a modern Jewish consciousness. ” (YIVO Encyclopedia) Subjects: Goldfaden, Abraham, 1840-1908. Yiddish Theatre. Bibliography. OCLC lists 27 copies worldwide. Outer edges of cloth rubbed, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (YID-16-32)