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[[File:Ohel theatre view from Aharanovich St 1940s.jpg|thumb|Ohel Theater, 1940s]]
'''Ohel Theatre''' ({{Langx|he|תיאטרון אֹהל}}, ''Teat'ron 'Ohel'') was a Hebrew-language theatre company, active between 1925–1969 in [[Mandate Palestine]] and [[Israel]] .
==History==
[[File:Maase behayat2, Ohel 1947.jpg|thumb|250px|Ohel production, 1947]]
Ohel (Hebrew for "tent"), originally known as the '''Workers' Theatre of Palestine''', was established in 1925 as a socialist theatre: members of the company combined acting with farming and industrial labour. The theatre, founded by [[Moshe Halevy]], who had been a founding member of [[Habimah]] in Moscow,<ref>[http://english.israelphilately.org.il/articles/content/en/000817 Theater personalities]</ref> was organised as a collective.<ref name=Encyclopedia>[https://books.google.com/books?id=B9RV5UFtPNMC&pg=PA497 The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe]</ref>
The theatre's first production was a [[Hebrew]] adaptation of stories by the [[Yiddish]] writer [[I. L. Peretz]]. ''Peretz's Parties'' depicted the decadence of life in the [[Diaspora]], compared to new Jewish life in the [[Land of Israel]].<ref name=Encyclopedia/> In 1926 it hosted the [[Modern Artists' exhibition]], the first show of modern art in mandatory Palestine. In 1927, it staged ''Dayagim'' ("Fishermen"), a socialist play about the exploitation of fishermen by entrepreneurs.<ref name=virtuallibrary>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0015_0_15045.html Ohel]</ref>
Set designers who worked with the company in its early years were European-trained painters and architects, among them architect [[Aryeh Elhanany]], expressionist painter [[Israel Paldi]] and [[Menachem Shemi]].<ref>[http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1694 From Design at Large to Design for the Stage: The Effects of Specialization in Scenography]</ref>▼
▲Set designers who worked with the company in its early years were European-trained painters and architects, among them architect [[Aryeh
On a successful European tour in 1934, Ohel staged biblical and national plays. When the company returned to Palestine, it produced ''[[The Good Soldier Schweik]]'' (1935), one of its most successful offerings. In 1961, Ohel staged a comedy by [[Ephraim Kishon]], ''Ha-Ketubbah'' ("The Marriage Contract"), which played for three seasons.<ref name=virtuallibrary/>
Until 1958, Ohel was the official theatre of the [[Histadrut]], the General Labor Federation.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8qMTPAPFGXUC&pg=PA480 The Cambridge Guide to Theatre, ed. Martin Banham]</ref>
In 1964, under a new artistic director, Canadian-born Peter Frye, the company performed ''Ammekha'' by [[Scholem Aleichem]], plays by [[Eugène Ionesco|Ionesco]], [[Bertolt Brecht|Brecht]], and young British playwrights. The theatre closed in 1969.<ref name=virtuallibrary/>
==See also==
==References==
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[[Category: Theater companies]]▼
▲[[Category: Culture of Israel]]
==External links==
*[http://www.vhospitality.com/ohel-theater Vision Hospitality: Ohel Theater]
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[[Category:Jewish theatres]]
[[Category:Culture of Israel]]
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