Kristan's handwritten translation of Ibsen's Four Acts is also kept at the Slovenian Theatre Institute. Rosmersholm. The manuscript is not dated. All of Kristan's other surviving translations were performed in the first decade of the 20th century. Based on this and the contemporaneous articles that Kristan published about Ibsen and his drama, we can conclude that the manuscript was written during this period. The manuscript and typescript are preserved under the signature AD 100.
Link to the Rosmersholm manuscript
A handwritten translation is also available on the website of the Slovenian Theatre Institute. Crazy, a work by poet and writer Miran Jarc, written in 1920:
https://www.slogi.si/publikacije/nora-miran_jarc/
Rosmersholm was only staged at the National Theatre in Ljubljana in the mid-1920s. At that time, Kristan's manuscript was also typed. The typescript format is 30 x 23 cm, and the volume is 72 pages.
The drama was directed by Marija Vera. She also played the female lead, Rebeka West, and Ivan Levar played the role of Johannes Rosmer. In his last role, as Ulrik Brendel, the famous actor and director Boris Putjata appeared, who died while receiving treatment in Pančevo less than two months after the premiere. RosmersholmThis was on February 13, 1925:
In the 1970s, the play was translated from Norwegian by Janko Moder and published in 1976 together with Wild duck in the Kondor collection. His translation was staged in the 1993/94 season, directed by Mile Korun. Marija Vera was replaced as Rebekka West by Milena Zupančič, and Johannes was played by Aleš Valič.
Etbin Kristan was closely involved in the work of the Ljubljana Provincial Theatre from the beginning of the 20th century until the First World War. He was a translator of drama texts, a theatre critic, a member of the Dramatic Society, a lecturer at the drama school, the author of articles on drama and theatre, and above all a playwright. We have published some of his dramatic works online; all, except for the later Revenge, were performed on the stage of the State Theater during this period:
https://www.slogi.si/publikacije/ljubislava-1906-2/
https://www.slogi.si/publikacije/ljubislava-1907-3/
https://www.slogi.si/publikacije/kato-vrankovic-1909/
https://www.slogi.si/publikacije/samosvoj-1910/
https://www.slogi.si/publikacije/mascevanje-1926/
The archives of the Dramatic Society, which are part of the library collection of the Slovenian Theatre Institute, also preserve four of Kristan's translation manuscripts (in addition to Ibsen's Rosmersholm even Schiller's The Virgin of Orleans, drama Dishonest Jerome Rovette and Moloch Leo (Lev) Birinski. We have published everything on our website.