Insights into the Theatre History
Lecture series SLOGI and Drama
Dr. Matic Kocijančič:
Early Slovenian performances of Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams is, with almost thirty Slovenian productions of his works, one of the most frequently performed American playwrights on our stages. The first was staged Glass Menagerie, which was produced by the Ljubljana City Theatre in 1953 and directed by Bratko Kreft. In the same year, the Prešeren Theatre in Kranj also performed Tram Lust under the direction of Andrej Hieng. This was followed by numerous installations of his key works, such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Orpheus descendsIn the following decades, his works were often performed by both central Slovenian theaters and smaller theater houses.
Dr. Matic Kocijančič, curator and head of the archive collection of the Slovenian Theatre Institute, will present photographic and critical material in connection with early Slovenian performances of Williams' works.
Free tickets you can get it at drama.kupikarto.si or pick it up in person at the Drama box office, which operates in the city center at the SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana box office at Župančičeva 1 (Monday to Friday from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM) and at the Drama at Litostrojska 56 (one hour before the performance or other event). Access information to the alternative location of SNG Drama Ljubljana are published on the website www.drama.siFor ticket reservations and additional information, please write to blagajna@drama.si.
Photo: Katja Kodba/SNG Drama Ljubljana
The Slovenian Theatre Institute (SLOGI) and the SNG Drama Ljubljana continue with joint events in the cycle SLOGI and Drama, where performances are illuminated from the perspective of theatre history and placed in a broader artistic and social context before the premiere. The events offer an exclusive insight into the collections of SLOGI – Theatre Museum and encourage the audience to reflect on the themes and questions raised by selected dramatic works, their critical reception and performance history before watching individual performances. This lecture will also announce the performance Tram Lust Tennessee Williams, which will be directed by Nina Šorak Premiered on April 11, 2025, at 8 p.m. in Mala Drama at Litostrojska 56. Although the birth of the cult theater and film classic dates back to Tram Lust Set in the distant year 1947, the text still convinces with the complexity of human relationships and our time resonates in it with the themes of gender relations in a predominantly patriarchal society, class differences and a disappearing middle class. The drama illuminates the conflict between two worlds, real and fictional, today even more brutally than when it was first performed.
