Meir Margalit (Hebrew: ×ž× ×™×¨ מר×'לית‎, b. 3 May 1906, d.
1974) was an Israeli stage actor.Margalit was born in 1906 in
Ostrołęka, in the Šomża Governorate of Congress Poland, then part
of in the Russian Empire, and began acting in his home town at the age
of 13. In 1922, he emigrating to Mandate Palestine within the
framework of the Hechalutz movement. He worked initially as a
construction worker in Tel Aviv and Rishon Lezion and as an
agricultural worker in Hadera. For two and half years he was a pioneer
in the Jerusalem section of Gdud HaAvoda and worked in a quarry.In
1925, he was chosen and accepted to the drama school of the Ha'ohel
Theatre under the guidance of Moshe Halevi and in 1929 he joined the
acting cast of the theatre.Margalit excelled in fulfilling comic
roles. His most successful role was the title role in The Good Soldier
Schweik, the play based on the novel by Jaroslav Hašek and translated
into Hebrew by Avigdor Hameiri. The premiere was held on 22 December
1935. This presentation was Ha'ohel's most successful throughout its
years of existence and was performed some one thousand and five
hundred times. Margalit played the character of Schweik so convincing
that Margalit remained identified with the figure of Schweik
throughout his acting career.
1974) was an Israeli stage actor.Margalit was born in 1906 in
Ostrołęka, in the Šomża Governorate of Congress Poland, then part
of in the Russian Empire, and began acting in his home town at the age
of 13. In 1922, he emigrating to Mandate Palestine within the
framework of the Hechalutz movement. He worked initially as a
construction worker in Tel Aviv and Rishon Lezion and as an
agricultural worker in Hadera. For two and half years he was a pioneer
in the Jerusalem section of Gdud HaAvoda and worked in a quarry.In
1925, he was chosen and accepted to the drama school of the Ha'ohel
Theatre under the guidance of Moshe Halevi and in 1929 he joined the
acting cast of the theatre.Margalit excelled in fulfilling comic
roles. His most successful role was the title role in The Good Soldier
Schweik, the play based on the novel by Jaroslav Hašek and translated
into Hebrew by Avigdor Hameiri. The premiere was held on 22 December
1935. This presentation was Ha'ohel's most successful throughout its
years of existence and was performed some one thousand and five
hundred times. Margalit played the character of Schweik so convincing
that Margalit remained identified with the figure of Schweik
throughout his acting career.
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