a star, earning 100−300 zlotys before the war. It is the same nowadays. [. . .] to better the life of the Jewish actor the [. . .] Commission of the Jewish Social Self-Help Organisation is headed by Jonas Turkow. The Commission provides actors with legal assistance [. . .] official document, the only legal association that actors belong to) and [. . .] (subsidies, [. . .] [44] occasional events, soirées, matinees, official celebrations, the Month of the Artist,153 etc.
Just like all other employees in the ghetto—[. . .] legal or professional, [. . .] interests. In practice, the [. . .] contracts that actors sign are binding [only for?] the employee, [. . .] punctuality, absences, [. . .] the obligation to appear [. . .] The obligations of the employer towards the employee are regulated through good will, honesty, [. . .] who can treat his employees as he pleases. [. . .] in that respect it was a real pain in the neck for [. . .], who lay down regulations in a very rigorous way but fail to meet the basic [. . .] and duties because they do not pay [. . .] [45] But the major problem for actors is the lack of stability, because not all theatres have the core [. . .] i.e., a certain number of actors [. . .]. Marek at Kameralny [. . .] the fixed sum of [. . .] zlotys [. . .] and even though [. . .] 80 percent of the cast plays [. . .], he is reluctant to stabilize [. . .] of the actors. The desperate actors have put forward [. . .] a demand to fix their wages. A [. . .] conflict is going on there and will probably end with the actors’ meeting the minimum demands. What does the artistic side of the actors’ [. . .] look like? Let us examine the actors’ troupe in individual theatres.
Azazel’s troupe is based on Samberg and Sandler, with Symcha Fostel,154 Chana Lerner, [. . .] Kac, [. . .] appearing in almost every production. [46] Eldorado employs a more numerous group of actors: Dawid Zajderman, Regina Cukier, Klara Cukierowa, Paweł Grynszpan, Mosze Sztokfeder, Dora Fakel, Noemi Natan, Karl Cymbalist, Dawid Birnbaum,155 Kutner, Josef Orensztein [. . .] Zajderman, the Cukiers, Orensztein [. . .], Iwo Wesby (com
