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| | Encyclopedia: Abraham Goldfaden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Abraham Goldfaden (July 24, 1840 –; January 9, 1908), born Abraham Goldenfoden (first name alternately Avram, Avron, Avrohom, Avrom, or Avrum, last name alternately Goldfadn; the Romanian spelling Avram Goldfaden is common) was a Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright, author of some 40 plays. |
 | | Instead of a simple recital, Goldfaden expanded this into something of a vaudeville; either this or their first indoor performance later that year in Botoşani is generally counted as the first professional Yiddish theater performance. |
 | | Goldfaden was helped by Ion Ghica, then head of the Romanian National Theater to legally establish a "dramatic society" to handle administrative matters. |
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