Abraham Haim Lipke Goldfaden

(1840 - 1908) Hebrew and Yiddish-language poet, producer, theatre director and dramatist. Born Starokonstantinov, Russia

PLAYS

1. Die Murneh Sosfeh (Aunt Susie) wr. 1869
2. Tzwei Shchenes (The Two Neighbours) wr. 1869
3. Polyeh Shikor (Polyeh, the Drunkard) 1871
4. Anonimeh Komedyeh (Anonymous Comedy) 1876
5. Die Intrigeh (The Intrigue) 1876
6. Die Rekruten (The Recruits) - musical comedy (1877)
7. Breidele Kozak (1877)
8. Rabi Yoselman, oder Die Gzerot fun Alsas (Rabbi Yoselman, or The Alsatian Decree) 1877
9. Shmendrik, oder Die komishe Chaseneh (Schmendrik or The Comical Wedding) 1879
10. Die Bobeh mit die Einikel (The Grandmother and the Granddaughter) - melodarama in 3-acts (1879)
11. Schulamith (wr. 1880)
12. Doctor Almasada, oder Die Yiden in Palermo (Doctor Almasada, or The Jews of Palermo) - historical drama (1880)
13. Die tzwei Kunilemels (The Two Kunilemels) 1880
14. Bar Kokhba (1883)
15. Die kaprizneh Kaleh-Moid (The Capricious Bride) 1887
16. Dos zenteh Gebot, oder Lo tachmod (The Tenth Commandment, or Thou Shalt Not Covet) 1887
17. Die shtumeh kaleh (The Dumb Bride) 1887
18. Die Kishufmacherin (The Sorceress) 1887
19. Mashiach Tzeiten (Messiah's Times) 1891
20. David ba-Milchama (David in the War) 1906
21. Ben Ami (Son of My People) - inspired by George Eliot's pre-Zionist novel Daniel Deronda.1908
22. Der Ligner (The Liar) 1911