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Copy print of Yiddish theatre poster, Mr. Boris Thomashefsky as Solomon Putterknopf "The Green Millionaire".

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Copy print of Yiddish theatre poster, Mr. Boris Thomashefsky as Solomon Putterknopf "The Green Millionaire".
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THOMASHEFSKY THEATRENOW PLAYINGMR BORIS THOMASHEFSKYASSOLOMON PUTTERKNOPF"THE GREEN MILLIONAIRE"BY ABRAHAM SHOMER author of "TOBY"Boris Thomashefsky in a comic character role, "The Green Millionaire" was only one of a series of "green" plays that were the rage of the Lower East Side for a few seasons around 1910."Green" means a newly arrived immigrant, as in "greenhorn."One of the many illustrations from "Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater" by Nahma Sandrow to be published by Harper & Row on September 7.Boris Thomashefsky in a comic character role, "The Green Millionaire" was only one of a series of "green" plays that were the rage of the Lower East Side for a few seasons around 1910. "Green" means a newly arrived immigrant, as in "greenhorn." One of the many illustrations from "Vagabond Story: A World History of Yiddish Theater" by Nahma Sandrow to be published by Harper & Row on September 7.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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