[Theatre. Judaica] Das Moskauer Jüdische Akadamische Theater

Theater des Westens. Ka-Ba verlag, 1928. Rare brochure for the Europa-Amerika Tournee 1928-1929 of this theatre group for the piece "Die Nacht auf dem Alten Markt". 8 pp.

*Famous Jewish theatre, founded in 1918. Its first decors and costumes were designed by Marc Chagall. During its European/world tour in 1928-29 artistic director Alexander Granowski decided not to return to Russia. New artistic director and actor Solomon Michoels was killed in a staged car accident in 1948, ordered by Joseph Stalin. The next year new director Benjamin Suskin was captured and the theatre seized to exist. In 1952 during the antisemitic Night of the murdered poets Suskin was executed.