A copy of the libretto of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF that was used (multiple times) by actress Ruth Jaroslow who holds the Guiness Book World Record for the number of times she has played Yente. The libretto is dated September 22, 1964. Ruth is the aunt of NMI writer member Lori Jaroslow - who played Tzeitel in the 1981 Broadway Revival and was in the Ensemble for the 1991 Broadway Revival. When interviewed by Playbill, Lori said: 'When I was 13 years old, I saw my first Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof. It was extraordinary because my father, Jerry Jarrett, was playing Tevye, not to mention Bette Midler, Tzeitel to Adrienne Barbeaus Hodel. By then, my beloved aunt, Ruth Jaroslow, was already an illustrious Yente. Ruth is in the Guinness Book of World Records for playing Yente more than any other actress. And if that isnt synchronistic enough, the second Broadway show I was in was yup, Fiddler (as Tzeitel at Lincoln Center with Herschel Bernardi in 1981), directed by Jerome Robbins. I went on to do so many companies of the show, Im not sure where they were and with whom! It was even more profound when ten years later, I found myself holding hands with, on the right, Aunt Ruth and on the left, my Dad, in 'Tradition,' in the 1991 revival with Topol. Ruth was Yente, Dad was Avram and I covered and filled in for various Anatevkens.' The cover is pretty ragged, and the pages are yellowed, but otherwise the libretto is in good condition, and with surprisingly few annotations!