Re: Musicals/Jewish content : Esterke

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Alex wrote:

In the Yiddish theater, there was once a show about Estherka, the
medieval Jewish wife of a Catholic King of Poland.  I know more about
the legend than the show, but I seem to recall that Sholom Secunda was
involved.  The legend (it's not clear whether Estherka was an
historical figure) has been compared to the Purim story.


"Esterke" (1940) was the source of "Dona Dona Dona" (words by Aaron
Zeitlin), which we've discussed before on this list--and, of course,
eventually became an international folk song (because of Joan Baez's
recording, _I_ think) in the translation of Arthur Kevess and Teddi
Schwartz.

--Robert Cohen



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