Reuven Adiv

Reuven Adiv (; 5 June 1930 – 23 December 2004) was a Jerusalem-born Israeli actor, director and drama teacher, most notable as the head of acting at the Drama Centre in London from 1984 to 2004.

Early life Reuven Adiv was born in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) on 5 June 1930, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish background. He fought on the Jerusalem front against the British administration.

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. Benjamin Davies Colin Firth Martin Goeres

Helen McCrory Marya, Drama Centre London (2003) Paradise Lost, Drama Centre London (2002) The Seagull, Drama Centre London (1999) Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, Drama Centre London (n.d.) Ibsen's A Doll's House, Drama Centre London (n.d.) Spring Awakening, Drama Centre London (n.d.) Enemies, Drama Centre London (n.d.) Right You Are (If You Think You Are), Drama Centre London (n.d.)

Personal life He married the Israeli actress and broadcaster Galia Nativ in 1980. They had two children, a daughter and a son, and lived in North London. He died of a heart attack in 2004, aged 74.