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Yiddish State Theatre in Moscow a Failure

April 28, 1927
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The Yiddish State Theatre, a modernistic playhouse which is subsidized by the Soviet government, is not a financial success, according to a report issued by the Soviet State Control Commission.

The report states that the theatre has incurred a heavy deficit due to lack of patronage on the part of the Moscow Jewish population. It was proposed that the theatre be transferred to a place where there is a larger Jewish population, in the Ukraine or White Russia, where the governments have promised to grant the theatre a subsidy.

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