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Hanna Rovina
Hana Rovina inThe Dybbuk(1920)
Born15 September 1888
Byerazino,Minsk Governorate,Russian Empire(present-dayBelarus)
DiedFebruary 3, 1980(1980-02-03)(aged 91)
Ra'anana,Israel
CitizenshipIsraeli
OccupationActress
SpouseMoshe Halevy
PartnerAlexander Penn
ChildrenIlana Rovina
Sol Hurokand Hana Rovina (1954)

Hanna Rovina(Hebrew:חנה רובינא‎; 15 September 1888[1]– 3 February 1980), alsoRobina,was anIsraeliactress. She is often referred to as the "First Lady of Hebrew Theatre".[2]

Biography

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Hana Rovina was born inByerazino,in theIgumensky Uyezdof theMinsk Governorateof theRussian Empire(present-dayBelarus), to David Rubin, a timber merchant and Sarah-Rivka Rubin. She had one sister, Rahel and one brother, Zvi. She trained as a kindergarten teacher at a course forHebrew-speaking kindergarten teachers inWarsaw(prior to theFirst World War).[3]

She had a daughter,Ilana,born in 1934, with the Hebrew poetAlexander Penn.[4]

Acting career

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She began her acting career at the "Hebrew Stage Theatre" ofNahum Tzemach.She joinedHabima Theatrein 1917 just as it was being launched, and participated in its first production, a play byYevgeny Vakhtangov.She became famous for her role as Leah'le, the young bride who is possessed by a demon inThe DybbukbyS. Ansky.[5]

In 1928, Rovina and the other actors of HabimaimmigratedtoMandate Palestine.Habima became the flagship of the new national theatre movement, and Rovina was recognized as the movement's leading actress.[6]The image of Rovina in her role as Leah in the Moscow performance ofThe Dybbuk,in a white dress, with her long black braid, became an icon of the emergent Hebrew theatre.[7][8]

Rovina's dressing room atHabimaTheatre

Rovina took her acting very seriously and tried to live the life of the character, as prescribed by theStanislavski School.

Nisim Aloniwrote a play,Aunt Liza,especially for her and Rovina played the lead.[9]

Rovina made high demands of her audience. She frequently stopped a play in the middle if she felt that the audience was not attentive enough. In one instance, she stopped the playHannah Seneshin the middle of a scene and told the teenagers in the hall to stop eatingsunflower seeds.[citation needed]

Awards and recognition

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Rovina was awarded theIsrael Prizefor theatre in 1956.[7][10]She remained active on stage until her death, in 1980.[11]She died inRa'anana,aged 91.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^On the dispute over her birth date, see: Carmit Guy,Ha-malka nas‘a be-otobus. Rovina ve- "Ha-Bima",Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 1995, p. 16.
  2. ^Losin, Yigʼal (27 August 2008).Pillar of fire: the rebirth of...Shikmona Publishing Company.ISBN9781870050487.Retrieved14 September2011.
  3. ^Levy, Emanuel (1979).The Habima – Israel's National Theater, 1917–1977: A Study of Cultural Nationalism.New York: Columbia University Press.ISBN0-231-04582-4.p. 6.
  4. ^Her Mother's Daughter,Haaretz
  5. ^Patai, Raphael (2000).Journeyman in Jerusalem: Memories...Lexington Books.ISBN9780739102091.Retrieved14 September2011.
  6. ^Kohansky, Mendel (2007). "Hanna Rovina."Encyclopaedia Judaica.2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA. Retrieved viaBiography in Contextdatabase, 2017-03-07. "Arriving with the company in Palestine in 1928, she was soon acknowledged as the country's leading actress and henceforth her career was identified with Habimah."
  7. ^abYerushalmi, Dorit (March 1, 2009). "Hanna Rovina".Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia.Jewish Women's Archive.jwa.org. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  8. ^Bullock, Ken (July 2, 2009). "Habimah Resurrects 'The Dybbuk'"".Berkeley Daily Planet.Retrieved 2017-03-06. "Indeed, the photograph of Rovina as Leah from the Moscow production became the icon of the Habimah—and of Jewish theater generally."
  9. ^Ben-Zvi, Linda (26 February 2008).Theater in Israel.University of Michigan Press.ISBN9780472106073.Retrieved14 September2011.
  10. ^"Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1956 (in Hebrew)".
  11. ^Comay, Joan; Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia (2002).Who's who in Jewish history: after...Psychology Press.ISBN9780415260305.Retrieved14 September2011.
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