Slovenian drama and Trieste text
Being a Slovenian in Trieste is a complex concept. In her research, Dr. Bogomila Kravos connected Slovenian drama, which was created in the second half of the 20th century in the Trieste region, with the place and time of its creation. In this way, she created the chronotope of the city of Trieste or the "Trieste text", a unified structure that encompasses two fundamental components of a literary text. This …
Before the world began – Peter Božič, a man of theatre
The collection Before the World Began: Peter Božič, a Man of Theatre expresses the need for renewed, additional illumination of the rich, but insufficiently canonized and researched literary oeuvre of the playwright, publicist and writer Peter Božič (1932-2009). The publication of the collection coincided with the second anniversary of the author's death. Peter Božič created four dramatic texts already as an associate of the theatre …
Two games from Pekarna
Peter Božič, along with Jože Javoršek, is the pioneer of the drama of the absurd in Slovenia. With the drama that he (as well as Smole, Strniša and Zajc, Taufer and Rožanc) created for Oder 57 in the 1960s, and even more obviously in the following decade (in parallel with the drama of Jovanović, Šelig, Jesih, Lužan, Rudolf), Slovenian theatre was given the opportunity to implement a revolution, albeit relatively late...
The Pupils Have Arrived – 40 Years of the Pupil Theatre Ferkeverk
Edited by: Aldo Milohnić and Ivo Svetina Authors of contributions: Ivo Svetina, Aldo Milohnić, Denis Poniž, Dušan Jovanović, Goranka Kreačič, Sonja Dular, Primož Jesenko, Primož Kozak, Miško Šuvaković, Zdenko Vrdlovec, Aleksandra Jovičević, Barbara Orel, Tomaž Toporišič, Darko Štrajn, Janez Janša, Katherina Zakravsky, Astrid Peterle, Samo Gosarič Translations: Jana C. Lavtižar, Jana Pavlič Design: Ajdin Bašić
Cultural life of Argentine Slovenians after World War II
The Slovene word has been preserved by Argentine Slovenes to this day thanks to a deep national consciousness and strong mutual ties. They passed on their love for their homeland, language and culture to younger generations. Slovenian emigrants established their own cultural centers where they could socialize, create and nurture their language and culture. Trieste librarian, public and cultural worker and publicist Marjan Pertot has listed in an extensive monograph …
Dramaturgical concepts in Slovenian theatre 1950-1970: Herbert Grün – Lojze Filipič – Bojan Štih
In his treatise, dramaturg and theatre scholar Primož Jesenko describes and documents twenty years of Slovenian theatre in the most precise way possible, not only theatre, but also, through it, the spiritual climate of Slovenian society on the path from realism to self-managing socialism – up to the emergence of anarcho-liberalism in the late 1960s. Jesenko proves that dramaturgy is not just a doctrine of …
The situation of Slovenian theatre art: 1941-1945
In the book, which was the result of many years of persistent research and waited for publication for twenty years, Mirko Mahnič addresses the issue of our theatre in occupied Slovenia. Due to the general cultural poverty during the war, the majority of the content is dedicated to the activities of the Ljubljana National Theatre, the only professional theatre that operated throughout the war despite the occupation. The author first focuses on contemporary theatre around the world, …
Ivan Mrak (1906-1986)
Symposium on the centenary of the birth and twentieth anniversary of the death of the Slovenian tragedian Ivan Mrak at the Slovenian Theatre Museum. Authors of the texts: Denis Poniž, Janez Vrečko, Ivo Svetina, Mojca Kreft, Katja Mihurko Poniž, Peter Kovačič Peršin, Tatjana Rojc, Tanja Tolar, Vladimir Gajšek, Janko Kos, Karel Brišnik, Taras Kermauner, Jernej Novak, Diego de Brea, Helena Peršuh, Ivan Mrak, Krištof Zupet-Mojca Kreft …
Slavko Jan – symposium on the 100th anniversary of his birth
Editor-in-chief: Ivo Svetina Authors of the texts: Ivo Svetina, Polde Bibič, Štefan Vevar, Vasja Predan, Viktor Molka, France Vurnik, Barbara Sušec Michieli, Primož Jesenko, Mojca Kreft, Rapa Šuklje, Dušan Mlakar Book presentation
Josip Rijavec, Slovenian tenor of international renown
Josip Rijavec (1890 – 1959) is one of those Slovenian opera artists of the first half of the 20th century who are unfortunately somewhat forgotten today, even though at the peak of his international career he was compared to such famous tenors as Caruso and Gigli. When he performed in Buenos Aires in 1931, at the famous Teatro Colon, one of the largest opera houses …
Ivan Cankar, Lepa Vida: an attempt at interpretation
Poniž's attempt to interpret Cankar's last play, Lepa Vida, touches on the spiritual and historical background of Slovenians as a people (nation) and thus also Slovenian theatre as an art, which – to paraphrase Nietzsche – was (born) from the spirit of the nation. Poniž's discussion is not just the next in a series of many interpretations of this Cankar play, as in his "attempt" the author explores in particular those layers of Cankar's work that are ...
In the homeland of Jaka Štoka
The 80th issue of Documents, published by the Slovenian Theatre Museum in cooperation with the Trieste publishing house Mladika, publishes a longer essay by Marjan Pertot, a fellow Trieste resident. In it, the author discusses amateur theatre activity in Prosek and Kontovel in the period 1863-2004. The book summarizes an interesting but little-known area of Slovenian theatre creativity in the Trieste region, which has been defying various …
Aspects of Slovenian theatre history
The present edition of SGM Documents publishes materials from a symposium that took place at the end of November 2002, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Slovenian Theatre Museum. The publication contains contributions by 23 authors who have devoted themselves either to various aspects of Slovenian theatre history or to the mission and tasks of the theatre museum as a central institution responsible for preserving the memory of theatre art. The most prominent Slovenian theatre scholars and theatre …
Slovenian theatre and Slovenian drama in the second half of the 20th century
In October 2002, as part of the jubilee 35th Borštnik Meeting in Maribor, a symposium entitled Slovenian Theatre and Slovenian Drama in the Second Half of the 20th Century was organized. The contributions of twelve authors, including two foreigners (German theatre scholar Heinz Klunker and Serbian playwright Nenad Prokić), represent an important contribution to the recent history of Slovenian theatre. Authors of different generations, from academics Dušan Moravec and Taras Kermauner to playwrights …
Documents, volume 37, no. 76/77
Contents: 1. Aleš Gabrič: Prešeren Theatre in Kranj 1945-1957 A new or at least thoroughly renovated theatre building was a long-standing desire of the Kranj theatre ensemble and its audience, but the Prešeren Theatre Kranj had to make do with the modest possibilities offered to theatre activities by the People's House. Only the exterior underwent major interventions in the first post-war decade...
Documents, volume 36, no. 74/75
Content: The double issue of the regular annual publication of the Slovenian Theatre Museum publishes three texts. 1. Gojko Zupan: The Drama of Space and Builders The contribution by Mag. Gojko Zupan deals with the building of the central Slovenian theatre, the Drama of the Slovenian National Theatre in Ljubljana, since 1911, when the new building, designed by the Viennese architect Alexander Graf, was ceremonially opened on October 4th...
Memories
The present edition of Documents publishes the memoirs of the great Slovenian theatre creator, actor and director Vladimir Skrbinšek (1902-1987), written when he was eighty years old. In his memoirs, he accurately recounts his life and work, the main artistic and creative stations from pre-war Maribor, Sarajevo, Split, Skopje and Tirana, to his post-war work in the Ljubljana Drama Theatre and finally the Ljubljana City Theatre, …
Contemporary Polish Theatre
The current issue of SGM Documents is dedicated to contemporary Polish theatre. The authors, all renowned Polish theatre scholars, theatre historians, dramaturgs and critics, provide a systematic overview of developments in Polish theatre after the Second World War, with special attention paid to some of the greats of Polish literature and theatre: Grotowski, Kantor, Mickiewicz, Gombrowicz, Wyspianski, Wajda, Szajna. Two Slovenian theatre …
Theoretical self-justification of the Slovenian national theatre
Tone Peršak: Theoretical self-justification of the Slovenian national theatre Barbara Pušič: Between subversion and apology – national theatres through time Documents of the Slovenian Theatre Museum, volume 33, no. 68
Between Subversion and Apology - National Theatres Through Time
1. Tone Peršak: Theoretical self-justification of the Slovenian national theatre 2. Barbara Pušić: Between subversion and apology – national theatres through time Translation of the summary into English: Barbara Pušić Documents of the Slovenian Theatre Museum, volume 33, no. 69 / 1-2
A decade in the breeze: chronicle of the City Theater of Ljubljana 1951-1961
The Documents of the Slovenian Theatre Museum are publishing the Chronicle of the Ljubljana City Theatre, as recorded by Dušan Moravec in the years 1951 – 1961, when he was the theatre's first dramaturg. The chronicle is enriched with more than thirty black and white photographs from the most characteristic performances of the Ljubljana City Theatre's repertoire at that time. Editor-in-chief: Ivo Svetina Documents …
I am, therefore I play: contributions to a psychosociological portrait of Slovenian acting
Documents of the Slovenian Theater Museum, volume 32, no. 66-67
Mirko Polič, conductor and composer
Documents of the Slovenian Theatre and Film Museum, volume 31, no. 64-65 Editor: Francka Slivnik
Žarko Petan
Authors of the texts: Francka Slivnik, Rapa Šuklje, Andrijan Lah, Taras Kermauer, Andrej Inkret Lecture by Žarko Petan at the Slovenian Theatre Museum (2008).
Anton Verovšek: comedian or artist?
Editor: Francka Slivnik Author of additional text: Majda Clemenz Translation of the summary into English: Igor Žužek Documents of the Slovenian Theatre and Film Museum, volume 27-28, no. 60-61
Igor Pretnar – theater and film creator
Of the Slovenian directors who established themselves after World War II, Igor Pretnar was the only one who, in addition to studying at the Ljubljana Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he was a professor of drama in the last years before his death, also studied in Moscow at the All-Soviet School of Cinematography under the famous Eisenstein, and developed his talent and knowledge...
Portraits of forgotten actors
Dušan Moravec presents the following names of actors from Slovenian theatre in the publication: Vela Nigrinova Zofija Zvonarjeva Josip Daneš Milena Zakrajškova Cirila Medvedova Rado Železnik Emil Kralj Vika Podgorska Janko Rakuša Vladoša Simčičeva
Slovenian plays and scripts – V
Television plays/1958-1985 (Slovenian plays and scripts – V) Material collected by: Polona Flere, Mojca Kaufman Edited by: Mirko Mahnič
Julij Betetto, artist, pedagogue and organizer of music education
Julij Betetto, a Slovenian opera legend, was an exceptional artist, a great singer, an excellent teacher, an undisputed authority in Slovenian music. He was born on August 27, 1885 in Ljubljana. He became an orphan at the age of nine. In order to earn at least some food, he was sent to the choir of the Franciscans. Later, he became a student of Matej Hubad. After graduating …
Slavko Jan, Vladimir Skrbinšek, Rado Nakrst in the light of their legacies
Slavko Jan, Vladimir Skrbinšek, Rado Nakrst in the light of their legacies “The present record will therefore not be some kind of collection of monographs, a new critical record of our artists, such as could perhaps be condensed in the light of the new light of their legacy – after all, enough has been written and said about all three in this regard – but rather it is about…