Hvar City Theatre Days, Vol. 50 No. 1, 2024.
Original scientific paper
The Histrion Theatre Company and Stagings of the Literary Works of Zagorka
Lucija Ljubić
orcid.org/0000-0002-5496-6463
; Odsjek za povijest hrvatskog kazališta HAZU, Zagreb
Abstract
From 1987 to 2018 in an open-air theatre in Zagreb the Histrion Acting Company put on eight works of Marija Jurić Zagorka. The paper compares the Stanko Lasić study of Zagorka (1986) with the Histrion performances from 1987 to 2018 (The Grič Witch, Daughter of Lotrščak, Knight of the Slavonian Plain, Jalnuševac Folk and Secret of the Bloody Bridge). An analysis of the theatrical reception of the Histrion performances enables points of contact to be found between the literary works of Marija Jurić Zagorka and the theatrical performances of the Histrion Acting Company. In key with their love of the oeuvre of Zagorka, of Zagreb and Croatia, the Histrion troupe offered viewers a popular, vernacular, theatre, theatrical freedom and open-air spectacle, while reception in the daily and periodical press varied.
Keywords
Marija Jurić Zagorka; Histrion Acting Company; popular theatre; freedom; spectacle
Hrčak ID:
316981
URI
Publication date:
8.5.2024.
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