Hvar City Theatre Days, Vol. 42 No. 1, 2016.
Original scientific paper
THE CITY THEATRE IN POŽEGA. REPERTOIRE AND THE AUDIENCE
Vesna Vlašić
; Osijek
Abstract
Professional Theatre in Požega was established in 1948, and went under in 1956. During the 8-year period, there have been 900 performances including 83 premieres. Permanent theatre stages were also located in villages Pleternica and Ovčare near Kutjevo. Carefully chosen repertoire, which mostly met the needs of the audience and political trends at the time, contributed to the theatre's success. Repertoire was planned and rehearsed for the young people involved in public works, high school students, citizens and villagers, but there were some shows off the main-stream. Operating this way, Theatre was aimed to educate the audience frequently making compromises; reaching for less artistic, but highly popular shows and that was also one way to ensure funding. The analysis of the repertoire of professional City Theatre Theatre in Požega in the period 1948 – 1956 will show synergy and a two-way communication: theatre-audience; audience-theatre.
Keywords
City Thetare Požega; repertoire; audience
Hrčak ID:
158033
URI
Publication date:
9.5.2016.
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