Jacob Gordin

(published 1853 - 1909) : Author and dramatist. Born in Mirgorod, Ukraine

PLAYS - selection only

1. Siberia (published 1891)
2. Der yiddishe Konig Lir (The Yiddish King Lear) - based on the play by Shakespeare (published 1892)
3. Got, Mensch und Teivel (God, Man and the Devil) - based on Goethe's Faust (published 1893)
4. Captain Dreyfus; Pogrom (published 1893)
5. Mirele Efros (published 1898)
6. Dis Shchita (The Slaughter) published 1899
7. Die Shvuah ( The Oath) published 1900
8. Demented America (published 1908)
9. Sapho (published 1910)