 Early drama, following Ettinger’s example, was written by Abraham Goldfaden, and Jacob Gordin.Much of what was presented on the Yiddish stage were translations from European repertoire, and as a result much of the earliest original writing in Yiddish owes as much to German theatre as to the classic Yiddish writers.While the three classic writers were still at their height, the first true movement in modern Yiddish literature sprang up in New York.