{"id":1134,"date":"2017-05-29T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2023-05-05T12:55:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T17:55:59","slug":"theatre-lancry-the-center-of-yiddish-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/theatre-lancry-the-center-of-yiddish-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lancry: The Center of Yiddish Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Paris is known&nbsp;for, among other things, its theatre. Institutions like the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatre-odeon.eu\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de l\u2019Od\u00e9on<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comedie-francaise.fr\/index.php?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Com\u00e9die-Fran\u00e7aise<\/a><\/em>, for example, come immediately to mind. Lost to history, however, is Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lancry: the first and most important site of Yiddish theatre in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First built in 1880, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lancry was intended as a small space for community gatherings. It seated around 400 and had a modestly designed main hall and seating space, an orchestra level, and a balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/lancryinside.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/lancryinside.webp 600w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/lancryinside-300x196.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Interior of Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lancry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Located in the 10th arrondissement near the Place de la R\u00e9publique and the Marais at 10 rue de Lancry, the building quickly became a hotbed for Yiddish theatre when the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Isra\u00eblite de Paris opened in 1903. Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Isra\u00eblite was a small, short-lived, but important phase in the development of Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lancry as the center of Parisian Yiddish theatre. In 1903, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Isra\u00eblite hosted a production of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/yiddish-theatre-history-belongs-to-the-opera-writers\">Joseph Lateiner<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Daniel in leyvn-grub&nbsp;<\/em>(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/magnesmuseum\/31228263001\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel in the Lion\u2019s Den<\/a>) and in 1912,&nbsp;<em>Ester fun eyn-gedi&nbsp;<\/em>(Ester from Ein Gedi) came to town. The poster publicizing&nbsp;<em>Ester fun eyn-gedi<\/em>&nbsp;even talks about welcoming Avrom Goldfaden\u2019s brother Shloyme and, after doing a bit of bait and switch, it hints at the possibility that Avrom himself will appear as well. These performances, however, although hosted in Paris, were given by actors from abroad\u2014primarily from London\u2014meaning that although Paris now had a permanent space in which to stage Yiddish theatre, it still needed to develop its own Parisian Yiddish theatrical identity. It wouldn\u2019t be until after World War I that a long-lasting Yiddish theatre scene would begin take shape.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/DIA-AFF-23026-682x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/DIA-AFF-23026-682x1024.webp 682w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/DIA-AFF-23026-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/DIA-AFF-23026-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/DIA-AFF-23026.webp 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Poster for Joseph Lateiner\u2019s Ester from Ein Gedi at Theatre Lancry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cLancry,\u201d as it was known by the interwar years, was centrally located near the working class quarters of interwar Paris. Lancry was not a new point on immigrant Jews\u2019 map of the city, however. It was \u201ca veritable \u2018stock exchange\u2019 for newly arrived immigrants; you could spend a first night there, find work as a dressmaker or mechanic in the garment industry, or simply chat and make some new acquaintances.\u201d Lancry was both the center of Jewish theatre and the host of several Jewish organizations, including the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yivoencyclopedia.org\/article.aspx\/Kultur-lige\" target=\"_blank\">Kultur-lige<\/a>&nbsp;pariz (Culture League Paris) and several hometown associations (<em>landsmanshaftn<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/Image-5-3-17-at-3.03-PM-682x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/Image-5-3-17-at-3.03-PM-682x1024.webp 682w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/Image-5-3-17-at-3.03-PM-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/Image-5-3-17-at-3.03-PM-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/Image-5-3-17-at-3.03-PM.webp 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Library card from the Kultur-lige pariz\u2019s Sholem Aleichem Library , which was located at 10, rue de Lancry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>By the 1930s, Lancry was the center of Yiddish Paris. Several groups, including those that did not use administrative space at Lancry, used the main hall for events, reflecting the full spectrum of Jewish and French cultural and social life in Paris within the same day. For example, on October 1 &amp; 2, 1930, Lancry hosted 700 attendees for Kol Nidre (the evening service before the full-day holiday), and 800 attendees for Yom Kippur. After services on October 2, a \u201ctheatrical performance given with the help of Jewish artists\u201d began at 8 p.m. and ended at a quarter past midnight. That theatre performance highlights the fine line between secular theatre and religious ritual gatherings that Lancry represented for the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the late 1930s, Lancry hosted both cultural and political groups; the theatre provided a space within which any number of groups could host meetings. For example, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.licra.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ligue internationale contre l\u2019antis\u00e9mitisme<\/a>&nbsp;(LICA\/International League Against Antisemitism [now known as LICRA\/International League Against Racism and Antisemitism]) used Lancry\u2019s theatre hall for a series of meetings. On April 23, 1934, one of its programs began at 9:20 in the evening; 470 people attended, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_Lecache\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bernard<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/Bernard%20Lecache\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lecache<\/a>, founder and director of LICA. Lancry also hosted French, non-Jewish, non-Yiddish-speaking antifascists. On February 6, 1937, the three year anniversary of the 1934 right-wing, antiparliamentary riots, the Comit\u00e9 de liaison des Jeunesses antifascistes (Antifascist Youth Liaison Committee) organized a meeting at Lancry, and on July 14, 15, &amp; 16, 1939, Le Congr\u00e8s de&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solidarit%C3%A9_internationale_antifasciste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solidarit\u00e9 Internationale Antifasciste<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solidarit%C3%A9_internationale_antifasciste\"><\/a>(The Congress for International Antifascist Solidarity)was held at Lancry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the mid- to late-1920s, Lancry was a busy place. At the Kultur-lige pariz, recent immigrants took French language classes, which were often fully enrolled. The Kultur-lige regularly urged community members to enroll while space was still available.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jwa.org\/encyclopedia\/article\/hyman-paula-e\" target=\"_blank\">Paula Hyman<\/a>&nbsp;says that, although active, the Kultur-lige struggled to attract members. This may be true, but clearly a dearth of fee-paying members did not signify unsuccessful programming. Initially, approximately 60-70 people held memberships, which cost 3 francs per month, but one did not have to be a member in order to participate in activities. The ground floor of Lancry had four large classrooms, which housed their highly enrolled French classes. Another classroom was occupied by a science course taught by Professor Kivelovitsh. The second floor of the building had space that was regularly commandeered to meet the Kultur-lige\u2019s need.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ajpn.org\/personne-Jules-Jacoubovitch-6798.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jules Jacoubovitch<\/a>&nbsp;recalls, \u201cIt was such a joy to see these young men and young women, talk, read, write \u2026 [sometimes] sitting on the stairs due to lack of space. More than a thousand souls crowded into the stairs, the corridors, these classes. Activities that suffered most from the lack of space were the courses, conferences, and choir.\u201d If needed, as on more than one occasion it was, the Lancry could fit 600 people within its 400-person capacity theatre hall.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/DIA-AFF-24005.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/DIA-AFF-24005.webp 600w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/DIA-AFF-24005-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Poster for the premiere of PYAT\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Keytn&nbsp;<\/em>(Chains) at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lancry, July 26, 1937.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>During the 1930s, Lancry hosted numerous theatrical performances, and was the main stage on which the theatre troupe the Parizer yidisher avantgarde teater (originally named the Parizer yidisher arbeter theater and known widely as PYAT [1934-1945]) staged many of its performances. After the war, Lancry was renamed Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la R\u00e9publique and continuted to act as a center of Parisian Yiddish theatre, playing home to the Yidisher kunst teater (Yiddish Art Theatre, YKUT), which was the postwar incarnation of PYAT. In June 1953, Lancry closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1144\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/2013-06-05-13.48.39.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/2013-06-05-13.48.39.webp 600w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/2013-06-05-13.48.39-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1143\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/2013-06-05-13.48.28.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/2013-06-05-13.48.28.webp 600w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/2013-06-05-13.48.28-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1145\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/2013-06-05-13.47.32.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/2013-06-05-13.47.32.webp 600w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/yiddish-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/562\/2023\/05\/2013-06-05-13.47.32-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">The fa\u00e7ade and interior of 10, rue de Lancry in May 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can still walk down rue de Lancry, as I did one day with my friend and colleague \u00c9rez Levy in the summer of 2014, and see remnants of the once great center of Yiddish theatre in Paris. At last visit, the old marquee lights were still affixed to the building\u2019s fa\u00e7ade. The building is undergoing a renovation, however, so it is unclear for how long these mementos will be on display. What is clear however, is that 10 rue de Lancry is one of the important points on the map of Yiddish Paris. It was the site of Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lancry, theforgotten center of Yiddish Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris is known&nbsp;for, among other things, its theatre. Institutions like the&nbsp;Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de l\u2019Od\u00e9on&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Com\u00e9die-Fran\u00e7aise, for example, come immediately to mind. Lost to history, however, is Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lancry: the first and most important site of Yiddish theatre in Paris. First built in 1880, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lancry was intended as a small space for community gatherings. 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