Menahem Gnessin

Menahem Gnessin (1882–1952) was an early Jewish actor and Hebrew language instructor[1] who created the Amateur Dramatic Arts Company in 1907 for presentation of plays in Hebrew.[2] In 1917 at Moscow he also helped start Habimah, the world's first professional Hebrew theater.[3] He is best known as an actor in the 1933 drama, Oded the Wanderer.[4] Gnessin wrote articles about his time in the theater, and published memoirs titled Darki im ha-Te’atron ha-Ivri, 1905–26 ("My Career in the Hebrew Theater," 1946).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Malaev-Babe, Andrei (2011). The Vakhtangov Sourcebook. New York, NY: Routledge. p. 103. ISBN 9780415472685. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  2. 1 2 Gershony, Gershon (2007). "Gnessim, Menahem". Encyclopedia.com. Encyclopaedia Judaica. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
    Ibid, <https://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/02004-files/02004200.PDF>
  3. ↑ Kohansky, M (2008). "Habimah". Jewish Virtual Library. Encyclopaedia Judaica. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  4. ↑ "Menachem Gnessin". IMDB. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
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