HEINE-HEIMOWITZ, MORRIS

HEINE-HEIMOWITZ, MORRIS (1853–1943), theatrical organizer. An early member of the goldfaden troupe in Romania, he later formed his own company in Warsaw, touring Poland and Russia. In 1883, the czar's ban on Yiddish theater obliged him to leave for London, where the Jewish community helped him to migrate to the U.S. Subsequently Heine-Heimowitz leased theaters in New York and Chicago and managed movie houses. He also produced plays in Italian and Chinese.