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THE PERIOD UP TO 1921 by Nevenka Bezić Božanić |
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THE PERIOD UP TO 1921 by Nevenka Bezić Božanić |
Since the very beginning there had been a tendency towards establishing a permanent ensemble, which Dragutin Freudenreich eventually succeeded in doing, but even that soon failed due to the shortage of money. All other attempts to establish an ensemble on a permanent basis, as well as to engage guest artists from Zagreb, were doomed to failure for the same reasons Any appearance of guest artists from Zagreb, particularly when it came to the opera, stirred up the audience and aroused great interest.
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After 1910 the audience in Split, disappointed by the low standards of Italian travelling troupes, were relying more on the North Croatian theatres, primarily the ones from Zagreb, but the theatre artists from Osijek as well were becoming more frequent guests. The year of 1913 will be recorded in the annals of the theatre in Split: it was then that a play was performed in the open air for the very first time. The stage was the Peristyle of Diocletian’s palace, and what play could have been more appropriate than Milan Ogrizović’s "Emperor from Solin"? During the First World War there was an amateur theatre company calling themselves the "Dilettante Society" and it was due to them that the theatrical life in Split did not completely die down. It was also due to their efforts that the audience in Split had the opportunity to see some renowned artists from Zagreb perform on the stage. The first permanent drama company was founded in
1920 under the name of "The National Theatre for Dalmatia", and the first
production was performed |
