Jacob Gordin

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Jacob Gordin

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Another notable playwright, Jacob Gordin, had a strong literary background in Russian and western European literature. He emigrated in 1891 from Russia to the United States, where he wrote more than 70 plays, some of which were published and some of which were successfully staged in Russian, English,…
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Another notable playwright, Jacob Gordin, had a strong literary background in Russian and western European literature. He emigrated in 1891 from Russia to the United States, where he wrote more than 70 plays, some of which were published and some of which were successfully staged in Russian, English,…
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