The Drama Society in Ljubljana (founded in 1867) was the initiator of the Slovenian theatre of modern age. In its development from 1867 to 1920 it negotiated a fifty-year long road through the period of institutionalisation and professionalization of the Slovenian theatre, finishing it in 1920 with the advent of a new development stage; i.e., Europeanisation (1920–1945).
Scientific monograph The Beginnings and Achievements of the Slovenian Theater of the Modern Age: On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Drama Society in Ljubljana, focuses on the Society itself, its role, its development and its achievements.
From society to theater – historical view
Stefan Vevar: Milestones in the development of the Drama Society in Ljubljana (1867–1918)
Aldo Milohnić: From the Drama Society in Ljubljana to the drama societies across Slovenia
Darja Koter: Josip Nolli – the pioneer of the Drama Society in Ljubljana
Aleš Gabrič: The last decades of the Drama Society and its dissolution in 1948
Nadja Zgonik: The Drama Society and the national iconography from the society’s foundation to the First World War
Gašper Troha: The Drama Society and its influence on the development of the Slovenian drama between 1867 and 1892
Ivo Svetina: Tugomer, the Slovenian tribal hero
Mateja Pezdirc Bartol: The development of the Slovenian bourgeois drama at the end of the 19th century and The Lady of the Camellias (Camille)
Blaž Lukan: The repertory of the Drama Society in the frst decade of its activity
Tone Smolej: The French repertory of the Drama Society (1867–1907)
Irena Avsenik Nabergoj: Stagings of the opera and theatre pieces with the Jewish topic within the Drama Society, 1867–1918
Gregor Pompe: The Drama Society and the beginnings of opera performances in Slovenia: the repertory’s analysis
Igor Grdina: Gorenjski slavček 1872
Peter Bedjanič: Opera singer Emil Scaria (1840–1886)
Henrik Neubauer: The beginning of ballet in Slovenia
Katarina Podbevšek: The Drama Society – the initiator of acting (speech) education
Barbara Orel: The Drama Society and the beginnings of theatre education in Slovenia
Editors: Štefan Vevar and Barbara Orel
Reviewers: Janez Vrečko and Tomaž Toporišič
Language editor: Andraž Polončič Ruparčič
Translations of summaries: Melita Silič
Cover design: Maja Gspan
Preparation for the press: Nina Sturm
