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The Moscow State Jewish Theater, Russian language: ?????????? ??????????????? ????????? ?????, also known by its acronym GOSET: ?????) was a Yiddish theater company established in 1919 and shut down in 1948 by the Soviet authorities.
Originated before the Bolshevik revolution as the Jewish Theater Workshop directed by Alexander Granovsky, in 1918 it attracted Solomon Mikhoels who became the leading actor and, as of 1928, its director.
The theater's repertoire included adaptations of Sholom Aleichem, such as Tevye the Milkman (also adopted in the West as Fiddler on the Roof),and of Avrom Goldfadn, such as Bar Kokhba, as well as works by contemporary Soviet Yiddish writers, such as Perets Markish and Dovid Bergelson.
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The Moscow State Jewish Theater, Russian language: ?????????? ??????????????? ????????? ?????, also known by its acronym GOSET: ?????) was a Yiddish theater company established in 1919 and shut down in 1948 by the Soviet authorities.
Originated before the Bolshevik revolution as the Jewish Theater Workshop directed by Alexander Granovsky, in 1918 it attracted Solomon Mikhoels who became the leading actor and, as of 1928, its director.
The theater's repertoire included adaptations of Sholom Aleichem, such as Tevye the Milkman (also adopted in the West as Fiddler on the Roof),and of Avrom Goldfadn, such as Bar Kokhba, as well as works by contemporary Soviet Yiddish writers, such as Perets Markish and Dovid Bergelson. The theater also performed William Shakespeare's King Lear to great acclaim. Many of the theater's plays were ostensibly supportive of the Soviet state, but closer readings suggest that they actually contained veiled critiques of Stalin's regime.
The design of GOSET's foyer, as well as decorations sets and costumes for its first production were done by Marc Chagall.
In January 1948, Mikhoels was murdered by the MVD, and his death was made to look like a car accident. Months later the theater was shut down, and the members of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (also headed by Mikhoels) were arrested. At least thirteen prominent Soviet Yiddish writers were executed on August 12, 1952 in the event known as "The Night of the Murdered Poets" ("???? ????????? ??????").
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