German Theatre in Slovenia

Sandra Jenko

The paper deals with the theatre activity of the German population in Slovenia, especially in Ljubljana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The behind-the-scenes look into German stages will show how these theatres functioned, who maintained them, which actors performed on their boards...

European Cultural Migration and Ljubljana Opera in the Period of Director Mirko Polič (1925–1939)

Darja Koter

After World War One, the opera and ballet of the Slovene National Theatre in Ljubljana was led by the conductor Friderik Rukavina. Since the programme was too traditional and closed to local circles, he was succeeded in 1925 by the more promising Mirko Polič, under whom Ljubljana’s opera...

Theatre Nomads: The work of Slovenian directors on Yugoslav stages in the first half of the 20th century

Aldo Milohnić

In the anthology of Slovenian theatre artists, Rade Pregarc, Ferdo Delak and Bojan Stupica – active in the former Yugoslav space in the first half of the 20th century and partly in the first decades after World War II – have earned the affectionate label as "the famous trefoil of Slovenian...

Slovenian-Czech Theatre Relations in the First Half of the 20th Century

Hasan Zahirović

Examining the cooperation and exchanges of Czech and Slovenian artists throughout the 20th century shows that the first half of the century was the most fertile. Although relations were not institutionally organised or systematically maintained, a number of collaborations took place in the areas...

The Puppet: A connector between Slovenians and Czechs

Uroš Trefalt

After World War II, partly under the influence of the tradition of Czech puppetry – spread across the Slovenian territory by Czechoslovakian factory owners, engineers, teachers and the Sokol movement – Slovenian puppet art reached a visibly international artistic level. In the European...