Variety (Jan 1930)

etait ben” Getzil. places it falls miserably to a degree “. Adherents of Stella: Adler and Mau _ Wednesday, January 29, 1930 Plays.on Broadway. ROAMING STARS ‘¥Yiddieh romantic comedy in three acts @md 15 scenes. Based on Sholom Aleichem's govel of the same name. Dramatized by) Maurice Schwartz who also directed the piece. Betting by Borie Aronson. Musical angement by G. Thuler. Presented by. : the -Widdish Art Theatre, New York, Loree’ . @ays, Jan, 24, 25, 26, 1930. Scaled at $2.50 . Albert Bhitchupak...cseses -Louls: Walsberg, Sholom Mayers cease ..Max Schweild Rafaleyitch... ‘‘Laybel . Braindele "Cossack. Bernard Holtzman.......Maurice Schwartz. Prima Denna. peese eee « -Adella. Lamdon ‘ Scherman “Bina Pi mamowltz Judith Abarbanel eossesStella Adler; ‘ -Pincus Sherberg .! vee Ben Zion Katz : BHenrietta......... ote esces “Bertha Gerstin ‘Barah, Holtzman’s mother. .Sonia Gurskaya Ziutke,. Holtzman’s -sister......Sonia Cutler Dr. Levintan, .ccscese sevcene Jacob Mestel Meyer Stelmak. eee . eoccee »Gershbon ‘Rubin Nissel Schwalb...ccccscccees.18idor Cashier Grischa Stelmak... -<+sMisha Gibson * Nickels. .cccescccece Morris Strassberg | A Beadle... sasevce -.Hyman Wolkoft __ Whe Lomzar. Cantor... In “Yiddish; rey for ‘Yiddish“speak-4ng theatregoers only. “The: play is ‘of mixed merit.. At’ points it attains that. strange. richness of acting known only to the great; at other : hardly © above the amateur stage. ‘Structured faultily, it’s entirely too long to be generally . entertaining. fice Schwartz will like it. Those who. -yevere ‘the writings. of Sholom Aleichem‘ and understand them will ‘come out of ‘curiosity. “For any ‘other kind of draw little remains. .The modernly’' minded Jew will ‘not . eare for the play. . “ -The plot. is. unoriginal yet in a Jewish play ‘it’s strangely compel‘ling... Bereft. of Yiddish or Jewish atmosphere the idea could be converted into an effective film story. Employing the experiences of a to bring forth In symbolic form the ' ‘yise of the Jewish theatre, its petti‘ness, intrigues and art, but all he accomplished was to set forth the idyll of a village boy | and girl who never. forgot, . ' Altogether too many. scenes. First ‘act could have been told easily by a skilled’ craftsman in one scene, ‘and.not nearly as long. Second and third act could have been also easily condensed and play -would have “moved not -only faster but more ‘smoothly. | Idea of. this great: number of scenes ean: be gathered by the fact that the. third act calls for 9, but so far as ‘stage action went only six showed. —confusing both the yiddish and “English-speaking customers who ‘must-depend on the program to follow the play. . Schwartz ‘employed a novel stage _ mechanism for the changing scenes. These were built star-like on a revolving platform, eliminating all intermediary curtain drops. Idea is ‘ similar. to. moving stages used on .Broadway this fall, and copied from Europe, purpose being for action to fade and follow without cut. Scenery space was therefore limited: but. for this occasion okay, excépt for last number that is bur _lesquy. Here, in an attempt to be realistic Schwartz has permitted an amateur idea to creep in. ‘ he scene is the lion house in the Bronx Zoo, and a painfully yellow set shows with cage bars behind ; which an animal clown plays a cloth on. After viewing this piece the importance of the Jewish Theatre becomes a question. It’s biggest fault ’ for the modern Jew is its non-con-. vergence. of dialects. Certain yid ‘ dish dialects are difficult to grasp to. one’ accustomed to hear another accent. ‘Another fault 1s that burlesque-minded craftsmen who sock the tongue with vulgarities, . The Yiddish stage before it can _hope to draw the general public must become specialized. Jack-of-all-trade actor is limited, and drama .Must be separated. from musical . Comedy. _'. Actors here aia their best in emo ‘ tional’ moments... This was true of Stella Adler as well’ as Schwartz, while the: dry comedy that wasn't “foo labored prov ed must enter tain: ne. . THE SHORT CUT: “ Comedy-drama in three acts by Percival Lennon. Staged by Willfam Blair and produced at the Cherry Lane Playhouse, New York, Monday evening, Jan. 27. “Cash”? Lazar...csseesessGordon Westcott ree eee aoopecseonceases . Frank Joyner cesses -JOhn Winthrop « Ray Clifford iijJames Norris e Anne Blalr... eoavevepeesoess¢ Florence MarshtsssesseveesBeatri¢e Nichols . Dr. Willard... aceeoess William George o Jeanne Fluerrio. cae seveenes “Miriam Battiste Se Se If any entrant ever. rated the Bronx: ‘cheer, otherwise known as “the bird,” this is it. And it got it plenty, too, Monday night, excepting from devoted friends of the producer and performers, who stuck at any price. The show hasn’t a chance, with it a toss as ‘to which is the worst; the play itself or. the cast. mystery ‘bumpoff attempt.Lazar, head of bootleg and ‘dope ring, does a card: cheating and then ‘phoney: pals, him, and there's a shot. rand the remaining ‘two -acts-of—the Civic Repertory Theatre,. Le Gallienne, and Harley Granville-Barker from the Spanish original of Serafin and. Joaquin Alverarez Quintero; Open Door" as curtain raiser. Don Julian Figueredo...... limited group Schwartz endeavored | Santita Goncha Puerto. vite eos Pilar. Angela,..ssaccceoves * "Josephine Hutchinson Don . Cecillo.. Peasant eirl.. Sacristan of San’ Antonio aveeee Walter Beck from Madrid, has come to town to settle some affairs. He sees Juanita La Rosa, the pearl of the village, and remarks to a companion on her beauty. town that Adolfo is all het up over not to get marri¢d—that there would LEGITIMATE “The Short Cut” is amateurish all the way and the acting no better. Had it erept in ‘surreptitiously as another one of thoSe little theatre mob products it might have been okay for.a friendly audience: But it sallied in in thé slush and sleet. of .Monday night. as strictly pro, | with the press agent fearing review-. ers might pass it up and plunging ‘|on wires anent .the opening as a ‘reminder. ‘ter all around had: he let it slide. The show came in without either. It would have been het rubbers or galoshes,.-and. will prob-. ably-succumb to box-office paralysis | before the. week is out ‘unless the east have better and larger personal |‘4 followings. than :you’d ‘suppose. ; “Short Cut” is a feeble attempt at] crook --‘melodrama:. and the usual “Cash". dice stuff’ with a trio of “Cash” sloughs © the mazdas It hit “Cash,” show. are: given to amateurish in quiry and lagging scenes, with some: feeble attempts . at comedy that never get anywhere, In fact, nothing and nobody in the show gets anywhere until final curtain, with everyone remaining seated in wonder, but no one around to tell the answer. Not a good scene or player in the whole evening, mention. The play had nothing, the ‘actors had less and the direction was as. bad, probably due to the at ‘tempted: manipulation of: group scenes on the small stage. _ Edda, Women Have Their Way Comedy in two acts presented by ‘the lith street, Eva director; ‘adapted by Helen Alfred Sutro’s ‘The .-Egon Brecher -».. Mary Ward Donald Cameron ° -Paula Miller ee eses ‘Leona Roberta ITB. ieyecrerecese J. Edward Bromberg a’ Mooney eceecceesecess Robert Ross »Merle Maddern .EVa Le Gallienne aee.. Sayre Crawley sceeeceae Elizabeth Shelly Miss Le Gallienne doubtless chose this trifle from the Spanish as one of the plays to afford a change of pace in the progression presented by the Civic Repertory Theatre. Business at the 14th Street hag been very good and they claim something like 94% attendance. The modest price of $1.50 top is no doubt an incentive, “The Women Have Their Way” is a-far cry from arty Russian plays such as “The Cherry Orchard” and “The Living Corpse” which are in the repertory. nighters, seemed to mildly take to the latest Quintero adaptation by the Granville-Barkerg, certainly is nothing for the town erier to rave about. | Monday night’s first but there It igs a two-act comedy, set in the home of Don Julian, the kindly village priest, in a hot and fly-pestered town in Andulusia. old father explained it, there are five women to each man, and the principal occupation of the women is to]|' chatter. and steer to marriage any eligible girl at whom a likely young man even batted an eyelash. As the witty Adolfo Adalid, a young lawyer Next day it is all over the girl. He tells Don Julian that he -does not even know Juanita, but that means nothing. to such a fixer as the gabby fixer Concha Puerto. She it is that steams it up. The elderly village doctor warns the young man be.a party or two, then a noonlight meeting with the girl the other side of a latticed window, after which it is just.a matter of. setting. the wedding date. Adolfo takes warning but it doesn’t mean a thing. He would, as the doctor had to do once in his youth, fight bulls—if the women wanted him to. -No wonder he fell in love with Juanita, for she is one to be desired. After eyerything. pointed to the union of Adolfo and Juanita,. the chattery women were not entirely satisfled because they didn't know if it was a real love. affair on its own or whether they. had pushed the young man to the brink. One thing “The: Women Have Their Way” does for Miss Le Galll-. enne Ig that it proves how charming: .a stage figure she can be. With the dark hair of. the Spaniard, the. at = =-tractive headdress andthe not. less. attractive wide skirts of the 2 period, vher Juanita was believably the ‘prettiest lass in the village, . Egon Brecher again does a neat job as the mild and understanding priest. liked as Concha, the matron who knew what would happen and helped Adolfo, ‘used by Miss The latter detect and: eall, and -none’ worth. Leona’ Roberts was much. it along. Donald Cameron played the well-appearing young man from Madrid, who lost his heart in Andalusia.. Sutro’s “The Open Door” was Le -Gallienne in vandeville. It is a short two-person sketch of. some interest, but hardly exhilarating. Cameron was the other player. He was much better off in the play than the playlet. . “The Women Have:Their Way” is just a bit in the repertory, good enough now and then,. but not weighty enough to. be lifted out for ‘Broadway, Ibee, ‘dealed at "$3. a5. aceee aoe aeee , Charles Kennedy Hennery Withers.’ the bartender........Edward Donnelly Fake Smith, vesvecesovegeeseednurston, Hall “90 see ooe a Cee eeoee -Eleanore Bedford ee eee eee Jean Adair Benjamin Hoagland ~+eCatherine Willard "Ma! , Ss: Barker. ....c.cccosccvecseccessessmMel BEfird Hotel Flunkey.sesesesee. oii Alvin Kerr Edwards... .c.ssees : Marius Underwood ween tess of Bilihorn. . veoees;Hethel Morrison nee re rer Paul Dorn First ‘Domino Player. -Pendleton Harrison _Seeond Domino Player...Mitch Hutchinson me. Michaud. .eeee.sesRE gine De Pierre... ivecccssccccesccesss ewilltam: Barey | Chef.. eave coeeraeerereresers George Freedley ‘Louise. Been reeescorvarecorers Marie D'Alba Spotty. farce that might get. some support from cut rates, but pre ‘sents. little evidence to presage box office importance. May mean something in ‘stock although large cast and four changes of scenery reduces that angle. It contains within its five scenes many’ of the virtues and most of the weaknesses of ‘the. farce form of writing. It’s a boozey affair taking prohi bition violation ‘as. a.matter of ..|.course and: offering: an. easy-going tavern-keeper who has accumulated |. a million bucks rum-running as ‘its central figure. It’s by Don Marquis; newspaperman, whose com ‘edy, “The Old Soak,” was.a great Success about six years ago. ‘During some of the comedy interludes the fun. laughter rises in waves which: only. subside when the plot reappears or | the farce, following a habit of farce,: jumps the groove and from being: comic becomes merely inane. Harry Leon Wilson in his Red Gap ‘stories and more _ recently Homer Croy in “They Had to See Paris” have familiarized the situa- tion of backwoods Americans in the 0o-la-la ‘capital, so the fundamentals of Marquis’ yarn are pretty well discounted on the score of novelty. ‘Quite an. ‘able group of Equity members -carries. forward the complications.. Thurston Hall’s Jake is believable and likable, erine Willard’s angle-playing society, steerer is-nicely nasty. Jake’s wife is well approximated by: Jean’ Adair and Ethel Morrison as an extraordinary British peeress. with distillery interests accomplishes plausibility, more of. a tribute than J. it may sound. Direction. and ‘production are competent. It’s easily the most likely bid the so-called Theatre Assembly has put in thus far, It’s apt to attract some trade for a couple of months, possibly showing @ profit in the small Princess theatre, . _ band. YOLANDA OF CYPRUS Lyric ‘drama. fn four acta and elght scenes. Music’ by Clarence E. Loomis. Book by Gale Young Price. Scenery: and costumea by Robert Edmond Jones. Staged by V. Rosing. Conductor, Iexac Van Grove. Presented by the American Opera Company .at Casino, N, ¥., one day, Jan. 13. Renier LUBIENAN. oseeeeeens John Moncrieff Berengere...ccccccce Amaury.. Yolanda. ..ccscecsveseeeses, Dorothy Raynor Camarin.... taeeee cece eee: ror Newdall | Fittia Pisani. a ccvecccscesecees Harriet Eells OFO. cccccrecvocccccccesonsss Mark Daniels Hassan. i scccccccgvesevess .Thomag Houston Tremitus.. eoese. Walter Burke ..+. Marla Matyas «Doreen Davidson ...Geraldine’ Ayers oe cesgvoveee -Ruthadele Williameon »Helen Golden et peaseosaneeoeners Hilarion....0ssceeessenas Raymond O'Brien | SerJio....ssene ccosseosesss William. Scholtz A Chamberlain. fo eeeee J. Frederick Roberts _ It's opera in English, done poorly. | Advertised as lyric drama gives it an’ ‘exploitation | -point, : but” nota |” strong one. This piece has all the elements that make up -the usual ‘opera, but it is structured so confusingly and its dialog {s so difficult to follow that throughout the play either one | or both, dialog or mysic, went over board trying .tomerge with each ; other. ‘Under such circumstances it was fortunate that Conductor Van.Grove concertised-his pit crew so that the performers’ voices sunk beneath the tumultuous tones of the orchestra. Music Is weak, leaving vague impressions, an@ as for acting and direction little could be said in its favor. which piece is laid the drops and’ settings were fantastically futuristic and didn't fit. Story ts of Queen Berengere, who. falls for a baron. Her secret is found out by Vittia, in love with : see Walter V onnegut ‘ooesssee Harry Selby duel, and reclaims Yolanda. is: infectious and: and ‘Cath- ‘tail’s Tartar is a remarkable por There was no outstanding J. voice to. be remembered. "~~ Costumes were slightly but scenery*} not so good. in’.that.for period in the queen’s son, who in turn loves Yolanda. The latter also has learned the queen’s secret and fearing that Vittia might squeal on the queen, Yolanda is induced by Vittia to give up the prince to save the queen from embarrassment and. possible death.. King Lusignan rushes in at aninauspicious ‘moment ‘to find | the baron in the queen’s chamber, and he gets hot about. it when Yolanda steps out and claims the baron for her sweetheart. This suyes the queen, The prince in the meantime has: gone.off to war and upon his return ‘learns what had -happened, He takes EVERYTHING'S JAKE | : Yolanda ‘must marry’ the baron or on Vittia in ‘preference ‘to. Yolanda and under. rule-of the royal. court perish... Upset by allthis rumpus the queen dies and while services her. requiem -the royal lady does a spirit ' come-back from’. the other Janda... The-prince then puts the: slug on’ thé baron, killing him ‘in a AT THE BOTTOM New American version of Maxim Gorkt’s “In the. Depths.""” Presented by Leo Bulgakov Theatre. Associates, Inc. Adaptation by. William ‘L. ‘Laurence. Directed by. Leo |Bulgakoy,. by.courtesy of William A, Brady, | Settings and. costumes reproduced from sketches. of the original Moscow Art then-. /tre production. At the Waldorf, New York, Jan. 9 Scaled at $2.50 top. aerees ++ -Carkol Ashburn .Welba .Lestina «Victor Killian, oe EE yotin Woxley . Barbara Bulgakova wetness Elsa Lazareff ..»Richard Hale The Baron..... ‘E. J. Ballantine Michael Keatily ev. seeecesenerenee lan Wolfe .Vaska, « se See eee reVeceti tenets tate Abel Natasha.. evecescoeseeeadline Seymour | Luka,.... ° oo. Edgar StehH Alyoshka., “Lewis Leverett, Vasinsa.. ...Mary Morris Abramka.. oe :Louis John Latzer THE Tatar. .cescccccccscesscssrecs Art Kutal The. Grizzly. Roe eee “Trevor Bardett A. highbrow . enterprise “expertly carried out under. strictly profes‘sional—and.. therefore adequate — auspices.. Not to be. confused with the “little theatre” ventures which occasionally tackle a ‘dificult work like this. Here a splendid performance and: a highly. intelligent han ling. of. the Gorki opus. Limited appeal, of course, and scarcely to be regarded .as. commercial theatre, Otto H: Kahn’ was present at the premiere, suggesting. perhaps that venture has his support. To one with no knowledge of the Russian drama except admiring at-. seasons ago, the performance suggested that probably the changes in the original work were rather superficial. Much like the change: in t “At: the Bottom” isn't as good a title as “In the. Depths”; it means the same thing, and. apparently is: one of those differences without. a distinction. .The version, one suspects, is: done ‘in.the same way. For the rather stiff litera} translation of the Russian text Laurence has made a free reading, using modern. colloquialisms and. much underworld slang, richly interlarded with violent profanity. “Son of @ so-and-gso” occurs baldly : several times, the goddams are frequent, and the shorter terms for puppy’s mama is spoken right out. It’s an interesting oddity in New York; however, and this is a strik Ping performance by .way of novelty, with its bizarre quality and laboriously done realism. Aside from a tendency to be too vociferous, the east does handsomely by the Russian classic. Richard Hale's Satin is a capital bit of work, and Walter ‘Abel. achieves a good deal. of distinction in.the Vaska role. Ari Ku trait, and the whole picture delivers -a good deal of punch with its grotesqus squalor of a Russian city “flop house” and its outre atmosphere of the slums. ‘It isn’t likely to attract any large public in: New York, particularly tucked away.in this out-of-the-way house, which is yet to have. a real success as tenant, but it’s an Interesting freak and offers a riovel evening of theatre. Production is strikingly well done as to set design; and, as hefore rioted, the: acting . performance is. ‘first rate, representing about an capable a presentation as any art sroup: has achieved, din a ree PR ashe . : . .. a, dttts OUT. OF. TOWN OWN REVIEWS SPORTING BLOOD . Pittsburgh, Jan. 24: A three-act farce comedy by Lewis B. Ely. resented by George M.: Cohan at Nixon for three’ matinee performances at $2 top. Stased hy Sam Forrest, Te)] Boy... ccaecccapsvcecneaces Jack Knell Arthur Jwarned. eee eeeeces Walter ‘Connolly Thitip L0W@...c08 sboceees «Frank FEl)i}tott A. Walter. .ccyscccoes vee iklenry Vincent. Ove Nimms. oe... Ruth Shepley Ernestine.. »Flaine. Ternple ene ee ences Phillip Heege Mal Diecegee cr eeeeesgees +12. Krances Woodbury | ‘Arthur ‘Larned, “ti Mr. Gibbona.. esos Ainsworth Arno) George M, Cohan gandwiched in. three matinees of his new play, “Sporting Blood,” by Liwis B. Ely, at the Nixon during his engagement in “Gambling” and the piece looks aré being chanted in the chapel for'| ‘world for. a: moment to-absolve Yo- | hotel, }has’ come on to. see his publisher, Philip Lowe, to hear how his new ‘than physical. tendance on ‘some of the Gest|: Moscow Art theatre plays several. |Elsa Rakonitz. ooenvcecess wthomag Glen ‘VARIETY 85 good, Ely is not unknown, havirg written “The Dry Town” and “Thoroughbreds” in recent years, neither of which met any great success, and his “Sporting Blood" was tried out for a week .last summer at a Grecuwich, Conn., stock house.’ At that \4me Ernest’ Glendenning played the role now assigned to Walter Connolly... Soe : A well-written, well-acted little farce, it probably won't go into the ‘big’ hit class, but should hang on for a moderate run and will compare favorably. with the-better light comedies now on display on Broad way, ‘The ‘apparent weakness is: in its obvious. situation, but ‘the: play ‘wright. hag dressed it up with such’ ‘Sparkling dialog and, in the hands © of. expert players, the play becomes ‘anything but dull... ‘At the last of the three matinees | “Sporting Blood”. was working quite smoothly considering. the | short pr eparation, tempo : ester, N. -Y.,: for a@ week... Cohan doesn’t expect ‘to. send it on to Chi cago, but ig attempting’ to book it New . into Boston, and after that, York, . __ Action all takes place in the. living _ room. of a sulte. in. a. New. Arthur ‘Larned, an author, manuscript was received. Lowe tells him the love interest is too stilted and Larned, the essence of Boston purity, sayg the seduction he’s painted in words is spiritual rather Lowe then shows him a letter from his woman .read-« er, a widow named Olive Nimms, to whom he is also engaged. Larned burns at. her insinuation that the author ig too innocent to write of love and, _ Spurred on by Lowe's advice. to “go-.out and learn somee« thing,” -he phones Mrs, Nimms. . In his room,: Larned ‘attempts to make love to her and she wards him off with a smile and a witty fencing. Circumstances force her to remain in his suite.all night, but her character is summed up by Larned's line ‘the following. morning, “She’s beyond reproach and above approach.” Previously, he has registered her as Mry. Larned to escape a visit to the station house with the hotel . detective and the scanda) hits the papers néxt morning. . But every _Thethird act is still. ‘a little ‘slow. ‘but’ will likely build ~ when = players get. .going. | ‘|Piece. moved ‘from here. to New '-| Castle, Pa, for a matinee and evening performance, then on to Roche . thing’s honorable’ and Mrs. -Nimms — decides after all she’d prefer the novelist to his -publftsher. Plenty of spice all the “way through, but handled in a farcical,: innocent manner that's going to — keep ’em chuckling plenty. Second act technique a bit old-fashioned, what with so many doors opening and closing and that ‘phone rings ing so often, A splendid cast with possibly one’ 7 exception. Walter Connolly, as the nit-wit and puritanical novelist, is great, while Ruth Shepley fits ‘the role of Olive Nimms like a glove. When Connolly. tries clumatily : to fennagle a kiss off Miss Shepley, it’s a howl. Joan Blondell,a stewed gold digger, ig on for rust a few minutes and -was good enough. ‘to get a big hand. Elaine Temple n.s.h, as Ernestine, early victorian daughter of Mrs. Nimms, while minor parts are all well handled. ‘The house dick of Phillip Hecge is also another fine bit. Ely’s excellent job of spreading the epigrams and sustaining the interest and the ConnollyShepley work are going to make this oné a contender. Cohen. THE MATRIARCH (2d Review; Reviewed in London) . -Chicago, Jan, 22. Drama in prolog and three acts at the: .Princess, Jan, 21, by the Dramatic League . of Chicago. Adapted by Miss G. B. Stern. and Frank Vernon. from Miss Stern’s best sellor of the same name. Directed by Townsend Whitling. : Sophie Maitland. sovevesoeseesPaula Sabina Mrs, Mitchell. cecccecceceecsccees Violet Ley. Oliver Maitland. oeoccceee. Hesketh Pearson Anastasla..,.....esere008«e.Constance Collier Wanda Rakonitz, ecoeseinez Bensensas Ton! ‘Rakonitz. jessie Tandy Simaon..... aes Ad walker Susan Rakonitz. . . Georgina Wynter Danny Maitiand....seens: Derck de Marney Val Power......006 sseeeerDoOrothy Dunkels Maximilian * Rakonitz. veceeee ee Barle. Grey Isaac Cohen.. sepeooveccssAbraham Safaer -Laura Smithson eee Alan Keith George Cross Albert V. Edwards eoarees Fellx Rakonitz., Loula Rakonitz.. Otto Fulomonson. Gerald Rakonitz.. A type play of limited appeal. If ‘Here: it will surely run the fourweek stretch given {ts production by cess, as it may have been done, would be a strong work for that race, as must have been Miss Stern’s book. But adapted for the English speaks | ing stage over here the tale, opens ing with a prolog, is dragged out during two of its three acts, The -third-act.holds_the. only_action. and@..... ginger, for Constance Collier, as the grandmotherly: Matriarch. Miss Collier does voluminous talking during. the evening. So much so it was sald over a day to let the star become {t makes Broadway, the hope held -\out for it-is the Jewish element of |New York for ‘about. six weeks. the Dramatic League at the Prine | The prolog is a. monolog that the premiere Tuesday wag held © soocooes Flenry Lewis, Jt. ' “The arate farch” ‘done ‘in Yiddish, ,