The first Jewish drama ever to be given in this city was presented here last night in one of the largest theatres, attended by many foreign diplomats, Russian officials and high military officers, who greeted the play very enthusiastically.
The performance, in Yiddish, attracted the attention of the Jewish settlers in the neighboring collective farms and was arranged by the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee to spur the buying of defense bonds. Clara Young, who is known to Jewish theatre-goers in America from her performances on the Yiddish stage in New York, starred. She has been residing in Russia for more than ten years.
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