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Diplomas of the Jewish People's theatre

Following a review of the urban and rural people's theatres of the Khabarovsk Territory (in the east of the Soviet Union), a Diploma of the 1st Degree went to the Jewish People’s Company.

In the Khabarovsk Trade Unions Palace of Culture it showed The Witch. by Avrom Goldfaden, a Jewish classic playwright.


After a performance of "The Witch", members of the cast congratulate Rimma Liskovich, who made her debut on the stage of the Jewish People's Theatre.

Diplomas of the first degree and the titles of "Winners of Khabarovsk Territorial Review of People's Theatres" also went to the performers of the main roles, the theatre’s musical director and conductor.

This theatre, in Birobidzhan, the centre of the Jewish Autonomous Region, was established 10 years ago Its repertoire includes Jewish classics and plays by Soviet dramatists and local authors. Pride of place is naturally held by stage adaptations of works by Sholom Aleichem. This theatre has gone on tour several times, giving performances in towns and villages throughout the territory, which have invariably enjoyed great success.


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Cyrano — on the musical comedy stage

The Azerbaijanian composer Kara Karayev, People's Artist of the USSR and winner of the Lenin Prize, has made his debut in musical comedy by turning to Cyrano de Bergerac, the famous play by Edmond Rostand.

"I have to admit,” said Kara-Karayev, "that like so many musicians, I once was under the delusion that there is a wall dividing serious and light music. My work on The Furious Gascon (the title of my new production) has absolutely convinced me that 'light music’ makes serious demands on the composer.”

1974