ZANGWILL, ISRAEL (1864 )

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ZANGWILL, ISRAEL (1864 ) , Jewish man of letters, was born in London on the 14th of February 1864. His early childhood was spent in Plymouth and at Bristol, where he received his first schooling. He was in his ninth year when his parents settled in

Spitalfields

SPITALFIELDS

, and he entered the Jews' Free School, where eventually he became a teacher. Concurrently with his teaching

work

WORK

he took his degree with honours at London University. He had already written a fantastic tale entitled The Premier and the Painter in collaboration with Louis Cowen, when he resigned his position as a teacher owing to differences with the school managers and ventured into journalism. He founded and edited Ariel, The London Puck, and did much miscellaneous

work

WORK

on the London press. FIe made his literary reputation with a novel, The Children of the Ghetto (1892), which was followed by Ghetto Tragedies (1893); The Master (1895); Dreamers of the Ghetto (1898); The Mantle of Elijah (19o1); and other tales and novels of

great

GREAT

interest

INTEREST

dealing with Jewish life. Children of the Ghetto was produced in a play in New

York

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with success in 1899, and has since been extensively played both in English and Yiddish. Others of his plays are: Merely Mary Ann, played at the Duke of

York

YORK
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  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
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, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
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's theatre, and The Serio-Comic Governess; Nurse Marjorie; and The Melting Pot, all produced in New York. Mr Zangwill was the founder of the International Jewish Territorial Organization (see

ZIoNIsm

ZIONISM

).

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