Shteyn, Peysekh
He was born in the town of Soroke (Soroki), Bessarabia. He Americanized his name to: Paul Louison Adams. He was a sweatshop worker.
He authored the volume Dramen (Dramas) (New York: Tealit, 1928), 176 pp., which included:
Di Mame Got (Mother God),
Ver iz Shuldig? (Who Is Guilty?), and
Nosn mit di Shtrahln (Nathan with the Beams [of light]).
His plays, Der Gasn-Komedyant (The Street Comedian) and Zibn Teg (Seven Days) which concerned the Maccabees, were staged in Philadelphia and New York (under Joseph Buloff’s direction).
He was also a painter.
Sources: I. Biderman, in Tsukunft (New York) (1928), advertisement; Forverts (New York) (February 11, 1973), Peysekh Shteyn writing about himself.