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ABRAHAM JEROME LEVY (1916 - 2016)
 
ABRAHAM JEROME LEVY (1916 - 2016)
  
Jock's first NTL show was ''Till the Day I Die'' after its ban was lifted in 1941 (he was in the 1936 audience at the Savoy Theatre the night it was raided by police).  He was chair of the production committee for years and directed or was otherwise involved in at least 32 plays.  Although untrained, Jock was constantly working in theatre.  The standard of acting was variable at NT and as the better actors got professional work he was constantly training new people.  Jock said that he made no money from his involvement in NT but the theatre was bigger than the individual ego and the New was his life’s work. He was a Life Member by 1966.  
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Jock's first NTL show was ''Plant in the Sun'' in 1939.  In 1940 he took over a role from Russel Ward in ''Where's That Bomb?'' , played a coalminer opposite Freda Lewis in ''No Armistice'', was the commentator in ''No Conscription'', played Howell a preacher and miner in ''New Way Wins'' and was an unconvincing Rosetti in ''Boy'' ''Meets Girl''.  In 1941 he played Ernst in ''Till the Day I Die'' after its ban was lifted (Jock was in the 1936 audience at the Savoy Theatre the night it was raided by police) and, a "newcomer" directed Odets's Awake and Sing about a poor Jewish family in The Bronx.
  
Born in January 1916, Jerome became best known as Jock but was usually listed by his formal name in programs. He came to the NTL from Yiddish theatre when there were a lot of first and second generation Jews in Sydney many of whom wanted to continue their traditionsIn 1937 he was reviewed as "remarkable" in the huge part of the idealist in the Jewish Youth Theatre's ''The Melting Pot'' staged at the Railway and Tramway Institute. With the threat of Nazism Jock’s group had a strong Jewish following but folded when it lost its premises. Jock then decided to join the wider anti-fascist movement. 
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Jock was chair of the production committee for years and directed or was otherwise involved in at least 32 plays.  Although untrained, Jock was constantly working in theatre.   The standard of acting was variable at NT and as the better actors got professional work he was constantly training new peopleJock said that he made no money from his involvement in NT but the theatre was bigger than the individual ego and the New was his life’s work. He was a Life Member by 1966.  
  
Jock enlisted in the AIF in 1942 but was rejected on medical grounds.  In 1942 he married Jeanette Shaw, cousin of David (“Buzzy”) Hyman, a NT member. Their son Gregg Levy directed ''Here Comes Kisch!'' in 1984.   
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Born in January 1916, Jerome became best known as Jock but was usually listed by his formal name in programs.  He came to the NTL from Yiddish theatre when there were a lot of first and second generation Jews in Sydney many of whom wanted to continue their traditions.  In 1937 he was reviewed as "remarkable" in the huge part of the idealist in the Jewish Youth Theatre's ''The Melting Pot'' staged at the Railway and Tramway Institute.  In 1937 he also played Albany in ''King Lear'' at Bryant’s Playhouse. In 1939 Jerome Levy was one of the uniformly good cast in the Jewish Youth Theatre’s "excellent" ''The Petrified Forest'' and he was reviewed as convincing as Peretz Israel, the bookish, gentle son in  ''Israel in the'' ''Kitchen'', directed by [[Person - George Paizie | George Paizie]]. 
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With the increasing threat of Nazism, Jock’s group had a strong Jewish following but folded when it lost its premises.  Jock then decided to join the wider anti-fascist movement. 
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Jock enlisted in the AIF in 1942 but was rejected on medical grounds.  In 1944 he directed Pioneers Katharine Susannah Prichard one acter about early Australia. 
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In 1942 he married Jeanette Shaw, cousin of David (“Buzzy”) Hyman who had also come to the NTL from the Jewish Youth Theatre.   Their son Gregg Levy directed ''Here Comes Kisch!'' in 1984.   
  
  

Revision as of 19:51, 11 July 2017

ABRAHAM JEROME LEVY (1916 - 2016)

Jock's first NTL show was Plant in the Sun in 1939. In 1940 he took over a role from Russel Ward in Where's That Bomb? , played a coalminer opposite Freda Lewis in No Armistice, was the commentator in No Conscription, played Howell a preacher and miner in New Way Wins and was an unconvincing Rosetti in Boy Meets Girl. In 1941 he played Ernst in Till the Day I Die after its ban was lifted (Jock was in the 1936 audience at the Savoy Theatre the night it was raided by police) and, a "newcomer" directed Odets's Awake and Sing about a poor Jewish family in The Bronx.

Jock was chair of the production committee for years and directed or was otherwise involved in at least 32 plays. Although untrained, Jock was constantly working in theatre. The standard of acting was variable at NT and as the better actors got professional work he was constantly training new people. Jock said that he made no money from his involvement in NT but the theatre was bigger than the individual ego and the New was his life’s work. He was a Life Member by 1966.

Born in January 1916, Jerome became best known as Jock but was usually listed by his formal name in programs. He came to the NTL from Yiddish theatre when there were a lot of first and second generation Jews in Sydney many of whom wanted to continue their traditions. In 1937 he was reviewed as "remarkable" in the huge part of the idealist in the Jewish Youth Theatre's The Melting Pot staged at the Railway and Tramway Institute. In 1937 he also played Albany in King Lear at Bryant’s Playhouse. In 1939 Jerome Levy was one of the uniformly good cast in the Jewish Youth Theatre’s "excellent" The Petrified Forest and he was reviewed as convincing as Peretz Israel, the bookish, gentle son in Israel in the Kitchen, directed by George Paizie.

With the increasing threat of Nazism, Jock’s group had a strong Jewish following but folded when it lost its premises. Jock then decided to join the wider anti-fascist movement.

Jock enlisted in the AIF in 1942 but was rejected on medical grounds. In 1944 he directed Pioneers Katharine Susannah Prichard one acter about early Australia.


In 1942 he married Jeanette Shaw, cousin of David (“Buzzy”) Hyman who had also come to the NTL from the Jewish Youth Theatre. Their son Gregg Levy directed Here Comes Kisch! in 1984.



NLA interview tape year 1995.