Menahem Gnessin

Menahem Natanovich Gnessin (Russian: Мена́хем Ната́нович Гне́син; Hebrew: מנחם גנסין‎; 1882–1952) was an early Russian 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]

Born in Starodub, he emigrated to Palestine, where he died in 1952.

References
  1. Malaev-Babe, Andrei (2011). The Vakhtangov Sourcebook. New York, NY: Routledge. p. 103. ISBN 9780415472685. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  2. Gershony, Gershon (2007). "Gnessim, Menahem". Encyclopedia.com. Encyclopaedia Judaica. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  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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