Background
Reuven Adiv was born in Jerusalem on 5 June 1930. His father was born in part of modern-day Belarus, and died in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Reuven Adiv
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He studied under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York, where he also took the director"s course. He also studied at the film school of New York University before returning to teach at the Lee Strasberg institute.
Career
He fought on the Jerusalem front against the British administration. His early acting experience came at the Ohel Theatre and the Kameri Theatre in Tel Aviv. He returned to Tel Aviv in 1971 and alongside stage and screen acting he was invited to teach at the Beit Zvi school of performing arts
In 1979 he was appointed principal of the theatre department of Seminar HaKibbutzim college.
In 1984, he was invited to become head of the acting department at the Drama Centre, London as a successor to Doreen Cannon, who had become head of acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). "..the results emanate from within, owing nothing to make-up or setting.." - Reuven Adiv
From 1986 to 1996, he was a guest teacher at the Swedish State Theatre School, Gothenburg and from 2003 he taught at the Forum für Filmschauspiel in Berlin.
Notable students
Selected stage productions as director
The Crucible, Drama Centre London (2003)
Marya, Drama Centre London (2003)
Paradise Lost, Drama Centre London (2002)
This Happy Breed by Noël Coward, Drama Centre London (2002)
Napoli Millionaria by Eduardo De Filippo, Drama Centre London (2001)
Tartuffe, Drama Centre London (2000)
The Seagull, Drama Centre London (1999)
Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, Drama Centre London (nd)
Ibsen"s A Doll"s House, Drama Centre London (nd)
Spring Awakening, Drama Centre London (nd)
Enemies, Drama Centre London (nd)
Right You Are (If You Think You Are), Drama Centre London (nd).
