Mississippi

Title

Mississippi, 1935

Description

A program of an original play in Yiddish by Leyb Malakh commissioned by Michal Weichert about the "Scottsboro Boys" of Alabama, falsely accused of rape in 1931.The action was staged throughout the theater space on two-level platforms that emphasized the disparity between whites and blacks in America. Spotlights were used to shift the action…and even parallel conversations took place on different sides of the performance space.

Program cover:

Yiddish Experimental Studio
YUNG TEATER
Artistic Director: Mikhal Brandt
Warsaw, Deluga 19 Tel. 12-24-70
____________________

Mississippi
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Play in three acts by Leyb Malakh
Set Design and direction: Mikhal Brandt
Music and Choir: Henoch Kon
Spatial arrangement: Plastic Arts Circle by YUNG TEATER
Choreography: Podai Shubyakovitsh

The inside of the program shows that the characters, each played by a different actor, numbered over 30 and are listed as either black or white

Title

Mississippi

Source

RG8

Publisher

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Text

A program of an original play in Yiddish by Leyb Malakh commissioned by Michal Weichert about the "Scottsboro Boys" of Alabama, falsely accused of rape in 1931.The Acts were staged throughout the theater space; here was a stage but a split stage that in this play was used emphasize the disparity between whites and blacks in America. But Weichert also staged different acts in a variety of locations throughout the theater and on divergent planes and heights. Spotlights were used to shift the action…and even parallel conversations took place on different sides of the performance space.

Original Language

Yiddish

Translation

Page 1:

Yiddish Experimental Studio
YUNG TEATER
Artistic Director: Mikhal Brandt
Warsaw, Deluga 19 Tel. 12-24-70
____________________

Mississippi
_________
Play in three acts by Leyb Malakh
Set Design and direction: Mikhal Brandt
Music and Choir: Henoch Kon
Spatial arrangement: Plastic Arts Circle by YUNG TEATER
Choreography: Podai Shubyakovitsh

Page 2-3:
CHARACTERS, EACH PLAYED BY A DIFFERENT ACTOR, NUMBERED OVER 30 AND ARE LISTED AS EITHER NEGROES OR WHITES

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Citation

“Mississippi,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/2154.

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