Research Guides: Yiddish Research: Plays

Plays - Bibliographic Links

The Lawrence Marwick Collection of Copyrighted Yiddish Plays at The Library of Congress: An Annotated Bibliography By Zachary M. Baker With the assistance of Bonnie Sohn
Use these indices to find play manuscripts, since most Yiddish plays were never published.
National Jewish Theater Foundation - Holocaust Theater Catalog
Catalog of 600+ plays on Holocaust themes, including works in Yiddish, English, and other languages.
Yiddish-Language Playscripts, Library of Congress
77 full Yiddish plays. They are manuscripts and hard to read, but each page image links to a high-resolution TIFF for better decipherment.
Yiddish Theater Manuscript Plays, Dorot Jewish Division, New York Public Library (Faith Jones)
Alphabetic list of play scripts in the collection.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research / Internet Archive
More than 600 digitized works from one of the world’s largest Yiddish theater collections.
זיבעציק יאָר טעאַטער־רעפּערטואַר: צו דער געשיכטע פֿון ייִדישן טעאַטער אין אַמעריקע
Mestel, Jacob. 70 Yor Teater-Repertuar: Tsu der Geshikhte fun Yidishn Teater in Amerike. Nyu York: Ikuf farlag, 1954.
--. Undzer Teater. Nyu-York: Shrayber-sektsye baym Ikuf, 1943.
Search indices for play titles and authors; use this to find dates of production, stars, and more.

Yiddish-Language Playscripts, Library of Congress
77 full Yiddish plays. They are manuscripts and hard to read, but each page image links to a high-resolution TIFF for better decipherment.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research / Internet Archive
More than 600 digitized works from one of the world’s largest Yiddish theater collections.