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Above all, we must assert that Jewish theater, through the pieces played on its stage, has indeed an educative and moral scope, because on the one hand it represents scenes from our history known by only a tiny minority, refreshing, therefore, secular memory; on the other hand, it shows us our
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defects, which we have like all men, but not with a tendency to strike at our own immorality with a tendency towards ill will, but only with an ironic spirit that does not wound us, as we are wounded by representations on other stages, where the Jew plays a degrading role.
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At one point during this period, he and Finkel had a falling out, and he spent a summer doing garden cabaret with a quartet he formed; Finkel's troupe was unsuccessful without him, and they soon reached an understanding.
302:. The title role, written for Mogulesko, is a clueless mama's boy; it is often considered the first great role in Yiddish theater. Mogulesko is believed to have written or arranged some of the music for that play.
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remarked at the time of his funeral that: "There has never been among
English-speaking peoples ... such an outpouring of sympathy over the death of an actor unknown outside of his profession".
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of 1899. It is a play that celebrates the importance of
Mogulesko's troupe, and the more general importance of Yiddish theatre - born in Romania - in an environment of violent repression.
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per year, a high sum at a time when the typical salary of a schoolteacher would have been about 18 rubles per year. He was soon hired away by cantor Cuper (a.k.a. Kupfer) of
Bucharest's
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arrived in
Bucharest with his less-than-year-old troupe, the first professional Yiddish theater company. Intrigued, Mogulesko auditioned for him. His scene inspired Goldfaden's play
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for him. Mogulesko soon founded his own troupe and dominated
Yiddish theatre in Romania for a decade. After immigrating to the United States, he eventually founded the
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erroneously states that
Mogulesko took direction of the Jigniţa theater in Bucharest sometime after his tour in Romania in 1906, apparently confusing him with
285:, then returned to sing for Cuper at the synagogue, serving as an 18-year-old choral director. He also sang at weddings and other parties in the style of the
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Mogulesko died in New York in 1914. He was survived by his wife Amalie, two daughters, Bessie and Leeza, and son Dr. Julius
Mogulesko. He is buried in
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to the American stage, who both became highly influential.
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