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Article: Yiddish Queen Lear
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- Jerusalem Post
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- December 26, 1994
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HELEN KAYE
Jerusalem Post
12-26-1994
THIS was a Jewish contract, says Orna Porat. The actress met Israel Yiddish Theater artistic director Shmulik Atzmon in the foyer during intermission.
Shmulik: "Nu! Don't you want to work here?"
Orna: "Of course. Suggest something."
Shmulik: "What about Mirale Efrat?"
They shook hands and that was that. Jacob Gordin's Mirale Efrat, with Porat in the title role, Atzmon as Shalman, her faithful retainer, and directed by the gifted Yoram Falk, opens on Saturday ZOA House in Tel Aviv.
"We're thinking of handing out handkerchiefs to the audience," jokes Porat, adding that the play is like a real, rip-roaring 19th-century melodrama.
When it opens, Mirale ...