Sambatyon Cabaret Theater

Title

Sambatyon Cabaret Theater

Description

Sambatyon was established in Vilna in 1926 but moved to Warsaw several months later. It was made up exclusively of professional performers—Yitskhok Feld, Khane Grosberg (1900–?), Khane Levin (1900–1969), Khayim Sandler, and others—under the direction of the actor and director Yitskhok Nożyk (1889–?), who also wrote much of the material; other writers included Der Tunkeler, Der Lustiker Pesimist (Yosef Shimen Goldshteyn), Moyshe Nudelman, S. Kornteyer (189?–194?), and Bontshe (Avrom Rozenfeld; 1884–1941/42). Nożyk aimed to offer a popular audience an alternative to American Yiddish and European operetta fare, staging well-known Yiddish songs and writing comical and melodramatic sketches. But Sambatyon also performed more literary and “experimental” material; for several months, the poet Yisroel Shtern was its literary director. Under various names and with varying personnel, the company performed in Warsaw and toured Poland until the end of 1929, when it disbanded.

Translation

This is a program from a collaborative production between Sambatyon and Azazel, another cabaret troupe featured in this gallery. The show is called HAKOFES, a word that refers to the revolutions made around the bimah during the priestly blessing recited on the Holiday of Sukkot.

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“Sambatyon Cabaret Theater,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed May 10, 2025, https://ataleoftwomuseums.yivo.org/items/show/2943.

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