Hanna Rovina

Hanna Rovina
Hana Rovina

Hana Rovina in The Dybbuk (1920)
Born 1 April 1893
Died February 3, 1980(1980-02-03) (aged 87)
Citizenship Israeli
Occupation Actress
Sol Hurok and Hana Rovina (1954)

Hanna Rovina (Hebrew: חנה רובינא‎) (born 1 April 1893, Berazino, Minsk district (guberniya); died 3 February 1980, Tel Aviv), written also Hannah, Hana, or Chana Rovina or Robina, Israeli actress, is recognised as the original "First Lady of Hebrew Theatre".[1]

Biography

Born in Belarus in the Russian Empire, she originally trained as a kindergarten teacher, at a course for Hebrew-speaking kindergarten teachers in Poland.

She began her career on stage at the "Hebrew Stage Theatre" of Nahum Tzemach. She joined the Habima theatre in 1917 just as it was being launched, and participated in its first production, a play by Yevgeny Vakhtangov. She became famous for her role as Leah'le, the young bride who is possessed by a demon in The Dybbuk by S. Ansky.[2]

Rovina and the other actors of HaBima immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1928. She quickly became a symbol of the emergent Hebrew theatre, and especially of HaBima, which became the flagship of the new national theatre movement. For many years, the icon representing HaBima was a young girl in a white nightdress with two long tresses: Rovina in her role as Leah'le.[3]

Rovina's room, in Habima Theatre

She filled every role she played with dramatic expression, taking every part very seriously and trying to live the life of the character, as prescribed by the Stanislavski School of acting. Outside the theatre, she was a non-conformist, even having a child out of wedlock with the Hebrew poet Alexander Penn, though this was very unusual for that time. Her lifestyle won her many admirers, even among people that did not frequent the theatre. Her admirers within the theatre included writer Nissim Aloni, who wrote a play, Aunt Liza, especially for her. Of course, Rovina played the lead.[4]

Rovina had a very stern attitude regarding the theatre, and made high demands of her audience. She frequently stopped a play in the middle when she felt that the audience wasn't behaving appropriately. In one famous instance, she stopped the play Hannah Senesh right in the middle of a moving scene, when she was visiting her daughter in prison before her execution. Turning to a group of school children in the audience, she shouted at them to stop munching sunflower seeds.

Rovina was awarded the Israel Prize for theatre in 1956.[5] She remained active on stage until her death, in 1980.[6]

In 2005, she was voted the 162nd-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[7]

References

  1. ^ Pillar of fire: the rebirth of .... 27 August 2008. http://books.google.com/books?id=dKttAAAAMAAJ&q=Hanna+Rovina+first+lady&dq=Hanna+Rovina+first+lady&hl=en&ei=qqtMToj5N8Tn0QGaypnwBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
  2. ^ Journeyman in Jerusalem: Memories .... http://books.google.com/books?id=IrF7ZYWMO8MC&pg=PA133&dq=Hanna+Rovina+dybbuk&hl=en&ei=zKtMTsbsCuXZ0QGjs9z1Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Travel Israel for Smartphones and .... http://books.google.com/books?id=cTcQuA_dLqMC&pg=PT632&dq=Hanna+Rovina+Leah%27le&hl=en&ei=-KtMTrmnNOL30gHx0uHpBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
  4. ^ Theater in Israel. 26 February 2008. http://books.google.com/books?id=m2dZAAAAMAAJ&q=Hanna+Rovina+Aunt+Liza&dq=Hanna+Rovina+Aunt+Liza&hl=en&ei=I6xMTr_VM6r20gGAv-3gBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
  5. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1956 (in Hebrew)". http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashyag/Tashkab_Tashyag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashtaz. 
  6. ^ Who's who in Jewish history: after .... http://books.google.com/books?id=0FTQQQBXHMQC&pg=PA314&dq=Hanna+Rovina+1980&hl=en&ei=cKxMTs2XDaHb0QHtsfWQBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
  7. ^ גיא בניוביץ' (20 June 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 

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