''An Old Jew'' is an 1894 play by the British writer

Sydney Grundy Sydney Grundy (23 March 1848 – 4 July 1914) was an English dramatist. Most of his works were adaptations of European plays, and many became successful enough to tour throughout the English-speaking world. He is, however, perhaps best remembe ...

. It opened at the

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in London on 6 January 1894 with its original run ending less than a month later on 3 February. The play was written for one of the leading

actor-manager An actor-manager is a leading actor who sets up their own permanent theatrical company and manages the business, sometimes taking over a theatre to perform select plays in which they usually star. It is a method of theatrical production used co ...

's of the era John Hare. The play was revived on several occasions, beginning the following year at the Coronet Theatre under the alternative title of ''Julius Sterne'', the name of the main character.

Gerald du Maurier Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (26 March 1873 – 11 April 1934) was an English actor and Actor-manager, manager. He was the son of author George du Maurier and his wife, Emma Wightwick, and the brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies ...

a future stage star, made his debut in the play with a very small role. It was the most sympathetic play to the Jewish community by a non-Jew since Richard Cumberland's '' The Jew'' exactly a century earlier. This was widely recognised by Jewish intellectuals of the era.Nanshon p.137-39

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* Nahshon, Edna. ''Jewish Theatre: A Global View''. BRILL, 2009. 1894 plays Plays by Sydney Grundy {{1890s-play-stub