Езиците на театъра – за няколко двуезични български представления от началото на ХХ век
The Languages of Theatre: On Several Bilingual Bulgarian Performances from the Beginning of the 20th Century
Author(s): Nikoleta PatovaSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today), Comparative Study of Literature, Culture and social structure
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: two languages in one production; stage of Slavyanska Beseda Theatre; Bulgarian National Theatre; theatre critics; Joseph Shmaha; Andrea Fian; Maria Strozzi; Sofia Zvonareva
Summary/Abstract: Verbal language is one of many theatrical languages, and it accounts for the spectators’ unhindered reception when one of the roles is performed in a foreign language. Andrea Fian and Maria Strozzi were two Croatian actors who acted upon on the stage of Slavyanska Beseda Theatre (1904, 1905). Sofia Zvonareva was another guest actress from Croatia, and she was invited to stay for a couple of seasons as part of a Bulgarian troupe. Joseph Shmaha, a Czech actor and producer who was offered a position as artistic director at the Bulgarian National Theatre, also had two acting appearances on the Bulgarian stage. All guest actors, with the exception of Zvonareva, performed their roles in their native language even though the plays were staged in bulgarian. This text shows the theatre critics’ attitude to the bilingual performances on the Bulgarian stage during the first decade of the 20th century, when Bulgarian professional theatre was making its first steps to develop purposefully as a national cultural institution.
Journal: Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum
- Issue Year: 6/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 145-155
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English, Bulgarian