Historic Photo Gallery: 1921 to 1940
1937
In the mid-1930s the Walnut presented Yiddish Theatre. Maurice Schwartz,
the leading producer of Yiddish drama and often called the "Yiddish Barrymore,"
appeared in
The Water Carrier in spring 1937. Schwartz (left) is shown
here in one of his signature roles, as the title character in
Hershel, the Jester opposite Anna Appel.
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