Israel Friedman was a Lithuanian Jew who was one of the members of the Yiddish Theatre of New York City. Israel traveled with Edwin Forrest on his 1866 tour to California. Lithuanian Jew member of Yiddish Theatre of NYC, traveled with Edwin Forrest on his 1866 tour to California. Forrest was paid $10,000 by Theatre […]
Characters
G.T. Sewell
Sam hated Sewell. Probably in 1862 while mining, Sam became acquainted with G.T. Sewall who was a manager of mining lands and probably collected Sam’s dues on his claim. In 1861, Sewall had been appointed a Judge in Humboldt County by Governor Nye, for whom Sam was doing rote Constituent Services work (writing reply letters) […]
Frank Mayo
Mr. Frank Mayo and Mrs. Julia Dean Rayne were on the Virginia, Sacramento, San Francisco circuit performing together very often. They were both celebrities. Frank Mayo got the rights to Pudd’nhead Wilson from Twain. They met in Virginia City and collaborated again later when they were both in San Francisco. Here is the Globe’s review:The […]