nor in Azazel, and they are forced to perform in cafés (Blumenfeld) or in the Polish theatre [. . .] director and leading actor playing an elderly professor [. . .].
If a social institution took over the Jewish theatre, then without the necessity to pay attention to [. . .] the level could be lifted, [. . .] repertoire regardless of the audience preferences and base it entirely on artistic merit. [. . .] [29] For the practice can be a good signpost [helping?] us see what [plays sell?] and meet with a favourable response. [. . .] [within] the frames limited by our opportunities [. . .] spontaneous, natural selection. [. . .] a play with a recognized title guarantees the biggest success. This was the case with Fodor’s Matura,133 staged in Femina [. . .] rather skilfully staged by Turkow in Teatr Kameralny and Dr. Berghof134 —a stage adaptation of Pollatschek’s novel. So the audience trusts mostly the old, pre-war brands, perhaps not always eminent, but those which for some reasons [. . .] [30] famous director, lavish production, set design and costumes, a new hit song, artistic, or a literary trend—the title of the play and the director’s name are like a magnet.
[. . .] have their own enthusiasts [. . .] this does not mean that smugglers constitute 100 percent of the audience. They set the tone through their money, [. . .] have no grasp of it. They go [. . .] Matura nor Dr Berghof [. . .]. Nonetheless, [. . .] social issues [. . .] plays that managed to attract very [. . .] audience. This proves that the effort [. . .] was insufficient, that they took the easy [. . .] [way?] out. [. . .] [31] If we are to discuss individual examples, then we can immediately exclude the plays staged in Eldorado, because literature and art have no excess there. “Plays” such Di mazeldike khasene,135 Unser rebenyu,136 [. . .] etc.—are a good [example of?] theatre for the masses. It is good that the theatre aims to stage plays [. . .] common folks’ stage for [. . .]. They do not differentiate between the common folk from castaways, between
