SAKRALINIAI MOTYVAI LIETUVOS DRAMOS TEATRO SPEKTAKLIUOSE
MOTIFS OF THE SACRAL IN LITHUANIAN THEATRE OF DRAMA PERFORMANCES

Summary/Abstract: Discussed in this article are plays, staged by the Lithuanian Theatre of Drama during 1990-2002. The subject of research is sacral motifs in professional theatre performances. These performances are discussed in terms of the history and theory of sacral theatre. A comparison is made to relations of the current-day person with the metaphysical world and the concept of Theatrum mundi that has formed in the baroque theatre of the Jesuits. Theatrum mundi, born from the theory and practice of the sacral play in Jesuit baroque theatre, has revealed the essential mise en scene of sacral theatre - the sphere of the sacral and secular is the human, who comprehends him/herself to be in the sight of God. Mise en scene in the baroque theatre of the Jesuits has been retained in the history of Lithuanian theatre; however, only separate parts of mise en scene had been interpreted. Theatrum mundi created theatre of sacral motifs by interpreting spheres of meanings in individual relationships The plays, staged by the Lithuanian Theatre of Drama, are exceptional for meditative motifs of silence and space. The opposite poles of the sacral and the secular are considered. The fragmental experience in the meditation between God and person relations are noticeable, although the sacral motifs are not predominated in the professional theatre plays of the last decade of twentieth century. In the plays of the directors as E. Nekrošius, R. Tuminas, J. Vaitkus, G. Varnas, O. Korsunovas the distinctive motifs of sacral theatre are perceived: presumption of God’s meditation have been created in the extended zones of silence. God is not visible as in the plays of sacral theatre, but the opportunity for personages to experience the reality of invisible God through the monologue opening is still left.

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