The Amfiteater’s second number of the seventh volume is dedicated to the work of Simona Semenič. It includes six articles by: Mateja Pezdirc Bartol, Mia Hočevar, Eva Pori, Ivana Zajc, Kristof Jacek Kozak and Maja Murnik, as well as essays by Kristina Hagström-Ståhl and Ljudmil Dimitrov on staging the performance 5fantkov.si in Sweden and Bulgaria. The thematic block is supplemented by an essay by Kim Komljanec on the conditions for performing Slovenian drama abroad and in Slovenia and two book reviews.
Articles
Mateja Pezdirc Bartol:
Zofka Kveder and Simona Semenič: Playwriting and Earning a Living as a Writer in the Past and Today
Mia Hočevar:
The Victim Motif in the Plays of Simona Semenič: A Typology of Victims
Eva Pori:
The Speech Surfaces of Simona Semenič as a Performative Unveiling of Language
Ivana Zajc:
Elements of Monodrama and Autobiography in the Texts of Simona Semenič
Kristof Jacek Kozak:
Politics + Poetics = Ethics: Two Plays by Simona Semenič
Maja Murnik:
The Living-Dead Body in the Dramatic Work of Simona Semenič
Essays
Ljudmil Dimitrov:
“They’re all dead anyway!”: Bulgarian Reception of 5boys.si by Simona Semenič
Kristina Hagström-Ståhl:
Kim Komljanec:
The (Continuously) Dramatic Condition of Contemporary Slovenian Playwriting: An Opinion
Book Reviews
Maša Radi Buh:
Pišemo in objavljamo, torej smo (Rok Vevar: Dan, noč + človek = ritem: Antologija slovenske sodobnoplesne publicistike 1918–1960)
Mateja Fajt:
Zgodovinjenje scenografije (Ana Kocjančič: Prostor v prostoru: Scenografija na Slovenskem od 17. stoletja do leta 1991)
Editor-in-Chief: Maja Šorli
Editorial Board: Bojana Kunst, Barbara Orel, Primož Jesenko, Blaž Lukan, Aldo Milohnić, Tomaž Toporišič, Gašper Troha
International Editorial Board: Mark Amerika (University of Colorado, US), Marin Blažević (University of Zagreb, HR), Ramsay Burt (De Montfort University, GB), Joshua Edelman (Manchester Metropolitan University, GB), Jure Gantar (Dalhousie University, CA), Janelle Reinelt (The University of Warwick, GB), Anneli Saro (Tartu Űlikool, EE), Miško Šuvaković (Singidunum University, RS), SE Wilmer (Trinity College Dublin, IE)
Published by: Slovenian Theater Institute (represented by Mojca Jan Zoran, Director) and University of Ljubljana, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (represented by Tomaž Gubenšek, Dean)
