Комичното сценично преображение на балканската военна драма (1912–1913 г.). „Балканската комедия“ на Борис Руменов (Борю Зевзека)
The Comic Stage Transformation of the Balkan War Drama (1912–1913). The Balkan Comedy by Boris Rumenov (Boryu Zevzeka)

Summary/Abstract: The main focus of this text is the stage comedy-farce interpretation of the Balkan Wars (1912–1913), entitled The Balkan Comedy by its author. The little-known and unfairly neglected play by the humorist and editor of the “Baraban“ magazine, Boris Rumenov (Boryu Zevzeka) (1884–1944), was played all over Bulgaria, and during the First World War Boris Rumenov created a Field Military Theater where his comedy was performed dozens of times, including on the battle line itself. The Balkan region is likened here to a pub, to which each of the characters – Ganyu Balkanski, Gazda Djuro, Iovo Crnogorets, Kir Yani, Hasan Agha, and Domnu Mamaligarescu have their own “territorial“ appetites. The characters express the characterology of their ethnicities in a comic-parody plan, and the comedic conflict, reinforced by the language mix, contrasts the “good“ Bai Ganyu with his Balkan opponents and “allies-robbers.“ The plot is peppered with witty twists, with real and imagined events, but it is resolved in a patriotic way: although defeated in the end, Bai Ganyu leaves the stage with dignity.

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