Tevyes have included Luther Adler, Herschel Bernardi, Paul Lipson (original Broadway run, over 2,000 performances), Leonard Nimoy (1971 touring company), Shmuel Rodensky (original Israeli, Yiddish and German productions), Alfred Molina and Harvey Fierstein (2004 Broadway revival), Henry Goodman (2007 London revival), Danny Burstein (2015 Broadway revival), Yehezkel Lazarov (2018 touring company) and Steven Skybell (2018 Off-Broadway revival in Yiddish). Paul Michael Glaser, who played Perchik in the 1971 film version, played Tevye in a 2013–14 touring production in the United Kingdom.Tevya is the name of a 1939 film adaptation of the story, performed entirely in Yiddish. In this adaptation, Tevye, played by Maurice Schwartz, is portrayed as gruff with flashes of wit and humor. Prior to the 1964 Broadway debut of Fiddler on the Roof, adaptations of the Tevye stories appeared on stage and screen, in America and beyond. The earliest screen version was an American silent film called Broken Barriers, based on Aleichem's own theatrical treatment and released in 1919 (just a few years after Aleichem died). In 1962, Gerhard Klingenberg directed the television film Tuvia Vesheva Benotav, released in English as Tevye and His Seven Daughters. After Fiddler on the Roof became a Broadway sensation, an Israeli film called Tuvia Vesheva Benotav (also "Tevye and His Seven Daughters") starring Shmuel Rodensky was released in 1968, as well as two Russian versions: Teve-molochnik (Tevye the Milkman) in 1985 and Myr vashomu domu! (Tevye's Daughters) in 2017. In 2018, Jerusalem Ballet published a ballet adaptation based on both Tevye the Dairyman and Fiddler on the Roof, by Russian ballet dancer-choreographer Igor Menshikov. Tevye has been portrayed by Israeli ballet dancer Meitar Basson. FilmsBroken Barriers (1919) with Maurice Schwartz as Tevye Tevya (1939) with Maurice Schwartz as TevyeTevye and His Seven Daughters (Tuvia Vesheva Benotav) (1968, Israel/West Germany) with Shmuel Rodensky as TevyeFiddler on the Roof (1971) with Chaim Topol as TevyeTevye's Daughters (Myr vashomu domu! In Ukrainian: Мир Вашому дому!) (2017, Ukraine) with Evgeniy Knyazev as Tevye TelevisionTevye and His Seven Daughters (Tuvia Vesheva Benotav) (1962, West Germany) with Alfred Balthoff as TevyeAlta comedia: Tevié, el lechero (1965, Argentina)Teve-molochnik'' (1985, Soviet Union) with Mikhail Ulyanov as Tevye Notes References Bibliography . . Further reading External links (German TV movie) Listen to "Chava" performed by Walter Matthau and introduced by Leonard Nimoy, on YouTube Sholem Aleichem Literary characters introduced in 1894 Yiddish-language literature Musical theatre characters Fictional Ukrainian people Fictional Jews