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Contributor	Leon Kobrin
Other Names	Leon Cobron; קאברין ; עאן
Gender	Male
Nationality	Russian/American/Yiddish
Date of Birth	1872
Date of Death	1946
Functions	Author, Playwright
Notes	Yiddish dramatist and novelist, born in Vitebsk, Russia, where he began writing in Russian. Only after immigrating to Philadelphia in 1892 did he develop an interest in Yiddish literature. Kobrin wrote several novels and more than 30 plays, not all of which were published, but most were staged.
Events	Date Function Contributor Organisation
	Der Grosser Yid (The Great Jew), The Playhouse, Sydney, NSW, 2 December 1922
	Playwright Der Grosser Yid (The Great Jew), The Playhouse, Sydney, NSW, 2 December 1922
	R Lewis - Actor Der Grosser Yid (The Great Jew), The Playhouse, Sydney, NSW, 2 December 1922 R Ochert - Actor Der Grosser Yid (The Great Jew), The Playhouse, Sydney, NSW, 2 December 1922 M H Schlesinger - Actor Der Grosser Yid (The Great Jew), The Playhouse, Sydney, NSW, 2 December 1922
	Jewish Dramatic Society Der Grosser Yid (The Great Jew), The Playhouse, Sydney, NSW, 2 December 1922
Resources	Playscript: Leon Kobrin, Der groyser Yid a drama in fier aḳṭen, 1911
Works	Der Groyser Yid
Data Set	AusStage
Contributor Identifier	548770

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