Pochmúrne začiatky normalizácie v slovenskom divadle
The bleak beginnings of Normalisation in Slovak Theatre

Summary/Abstract: This study focuses on the early years of the Normalisation period in Czechoslovakia. It examines the initial situation, the changes that followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the armies of five Warsaw Pact countries in August 1968, the consolidation of Communist Party power in the country, and its impact on culture. The study draws on archival materials from central state authorities, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia, and cultural organisations. It highlights a number of ideological measures that shaped artistic production. Using the example of the Slovak National Theatre, it documents interventions by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the Ministry of Culture in the life of the institution and its personnel. Through specific events, it sheds light on lesser-known or previously unknown episodes in the lives of artists (Milan Lasica, Július Satinský, and Peter Karvaš), as well as on previously unpublished documents that raise questions about the power of the governing body and the personal interests of those who served it.

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