what is fiddler on the roof called in hebrew?

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And also was it originally written in English or Hebrew?

Answer 1

"Tevye the Milkman" is the English title of the Yiddish book טעוויע דער מילכיקער ["Tevye der Milchiker"] by Shalom Aleychem, a Yiddisher author.

"Fiddler on the Roof" is a late adaptation of the story, performed in Broadway in 1964, and its Hebrew title is "כנר על הגג" ["kanar al hagag"]

The story was written in Yiddish.