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Aleksa Bačvanski
Aleksandar "Aleksa" Bačvanski (Timișoara, Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire, 1832 — Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, 26 March 1881) was a Serbian actor and theater director. He was an interesting personality in the history of the modern Culture of Serbia, Serbian theatre with an international career but tragic personal and artistic fate. He brought realism (arts), realism to the art of the theatre. Biography Aleksa Bačvanski graduated from the gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Sremski Karlovci and continued his education in Szeged in 1846. After the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in which he participated as a Secondary school, high school student, he established an Amateur theatre, amateur theater in Szeged. After graduating from the city's Lyceum he entered the civil service in Pest, Hungary, Pest and Kecskemét. His love for theater led him to quit his job and join a Hungarian touring theatre, where he developed into a character actor. He played in Pest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timișoara
Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat region. From 1848 to 1860 it was the capital of the Serbian Vojvodina and the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. With 250,849 inhabitants at the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, Timișoara is the country's List of cities and towns in Romania, fifth most populous city. It is home to around 400,000 inhabitants in its Timișoara metropolitan area, metropolitan area, while the Timișoara–Arad metropolis concentrates more than 70% of the population of Timiș and Arad County, Arad counties. Timișoara is a multicultural city, home to 21 ethnic groups and 18 religious denominations. Historically, the most numerous were the Banat Swabians, Swabian Germans, Jews and Hungarians, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touring Theatre
A touring theatre company travels to different locations to perform Theatre, plays and Musical theatre, musicals. Touring theater refers to a dynamic form of Theatre, theatrical performance by its presentation in various location instead of a fixed playhouse. History The concept of touring theaters, which means performing a show regardless to a fixed location, has roots to very origin of Drama, dramas. In the Ancient history, ancient times and before the establishment of playhouses, performers usually travel around to share their arts with different Community, communities. Touring theaters plays a critical role in developing of artistic landscapes by reaching to audiences whom have lack access to live performances and dramatic arts. Origin and Early forms Evidences suggests the presence of travelling performers and theatrical performances in ancient Greece. For example the vibrant Theatre of ancient Greece, theatrical culture of Athens, specially its Dionysia, festivals h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592 he began a successful career in Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shylock
Shylock () is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play '' The Merchant of Venice'' ( 1600). A Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's principal villain. His defeat and forced conversion to Christianity form the climax of the story. Shylock's characterisation is composed of stereotypes, for instance greediness and vengefulness, although there were no legally practising Jews who lived in England during Shakespeare's time. Jews were expelled from the country in 1290 by Edward I in the Edict of Expulsion; this was not reversed until the mid-17th century (the Cromwell Era). Name Shylock is not a Jewish name. However, some scholars believe it probably derives from the biblical name Shalah, which is (''Šélaḥ'') in Hebrew. Shalah is the grandson of Shem and the father of Eber, biblical progenitor of Hebrew peoples. All the names of Jewish characters in the play derive from minor figures listed in genealogies in the Book of Genesis. It is possible that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovan Đorđević
Jovan Đorđević (13 November 1826 – 9 April 1900) was a Serbian writer, dramatist, Minister of Education and the co-founder of the Novi Sad Serbian National Theatre in 1861, the National Theatre in Belgrade in 1868 and the Academy of Dramatic Art () in 1870. He is most famous for writing the lyrics to the Serbian National anthem ''Bože pravde'' in 1872. He was also a member of Matica srpska. Biography Jovan Đorđević was born in Senta, a town on the bank of the Tisa river in the region which eventually became Serbian Vojvodina, on 13 November 1826 (Julian Calendar) to merchant Filip and Ana (née Malešević) Đorđević. Jovan was baptized on 17 November of that year in the Serbian Orthodox Church of Archangel Michael, officiated by Very Reverend Georgije-Đuka Popović, one of the most erudite clerics of his day in that region of Potisje, and author of ''Put u raj'' (The Road to Heaven), a book in praise of moral principles. The acting bug bit hard when he first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toša Jovanović
Todor "Toša" Jovanović (June 2, 1845 – February 17, 1893) was a Serbian actor of the 19th century who had significant careers in both Serbia and Austria-Hungary. He was a member of Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and National Theatre in Belgrade. He was famous for his actings of characters of lovers and heroes. The National theatre in Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inh ... is named after him. References Serbian male actors Male actors from Austria-Hungary 1845 births 1893 deaths 19th-century male actors 19th-century Serbian actors {{Serbia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milorad Gavrilovic
Milorad (Cyrillic script: Милорад; Polish: ''Miłorad'') is a Serbian masculine given name derived from the Slavic elements: ''milo'' meaning "gracious, dear" and ''rad'' meaning "happy, eager". Its feminine form is Milorada. Nicknames for Milorad include Milo, Miłosz, Radek, Radko, and Rada. Notable people with the name * Milorad Arsenijević (1906–1987), Serbian football player and manager * Milorad B. Protić (1911–2001), Serbian astronomer * Milorad Bajović (born 1964), Montenegrin footballer * Milorad Balabanović (born 1990), Serbian footballer * Milorad Bata Mihailović (1923–2011), Serbian painter * Milorad Belić (1940–2020), Serbian lawyer and basketball player * Milorad Bilbija (born 1964), Bosnian Serb professional footballer * Milorad Bojic (1951–2016), Serbian professor * Milorad Bukvić (born 1976), Serbian footballer * Milorad Čavić (born 1984), Serbian swimmer * Milorad Čikić (born 1950), Serbian sprinter * Milorad Dabić (born 1991), S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pera Dobrinović
Petar "Pera" Dobrinović ( sr-cyr, Петар „Пера“ Добриновић; 1853–1923) was a Serbian actor and director at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni .... References Sources * 19th-century Serbian actors 20th-century Serbian actors Serbian male stage actors Serbian theatre directors Male actors from Belgrade People from the Principality of Serbia People from the Kingdom of Serbia 1853 births 1923 deaths 20th-century Serbian male actors 19th-century male actors Theatre people from Belgrade {{Serbia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milka Grgurova
Milka is a Swiss brand of chocolate confectionery. Originally made in Switzerland in 1901 by Suchard, it has been produced in Lörrach, Germany, from 1901. Since 2012 it has been owned by US-based company Mondelez International, when it demerged from its predecessor Kraft Foods Inc., which had taken over the brand in 1990. It is sold in bars and a number of novelty shapes for Easter and Christmas. Products with the ''Milka'' brand also include chocolate-covered cookies and biscuits. The brand's name is a portmanteau of the product's two main ingredients: "" (milk) and "" (cocoa). History On November 17, 1825, Swiss chocolatier Philippe Suchard (1797–1884) established a pâtisserie in Neuchâtel where he sold a hand-made dessert, ''chocolat fin de sa fabrique''. The following year, Suchard founded Chocolat Suchard and moved production to nearby Serrières, where he produced 25–30 kg of chocolate daily in a rented former water mill. During the 1890s, milk was added to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vela Nigrin
Vela Nigrin ( sr-cyr, Вела Нигринова; ; born Augusta Nigrin) was a Slovenian-Serbian stage actress who performed in Belgrade in the latter part of the 19th century. Life and work Nigrinova's father, August was a railway official whose daughters Marija, Gizela, Matilda, and Augusta were all actresses or singers. Nigrinova first appeared on the stage of the Slovenian Dramatic Society on 19 April 1876 as "Lady Clarens" in the play "Lowood Orphan". Davorin Jenko the director of the Serbian Theater in 1882 contracted her for the National Theater in Belgrade. She soon became one of the first artists of this theater and opportunities for the most demanding roles opened up for her. During her stage career she performed extensively in Prague, Sofia, and Zagreb; she also occasionally visited Ljubljana {{Infobox settlement , name = Ljubljana , official_name = , settlement_type = Capital city , image_skyline = {{multiple image , border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Cvetić
Miloš Cvetić (1845-1905) was a Serbian actor and writer. His contemporaries were Serbian actors Aleksa Bačvanski, Milka Grgurova-Aleksić, Pera Dobrinović and Toša Jovanović. He was the director and actor of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb and the National Theater in Belgrade.name="auto" He wrote several historical plays, including ''Nemanja'', ''Todor od Salaća'', ''Miloš Veliki'', ''Lazar'', ''Karađorđe Đorđe Petrović (; ; – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. He held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 ...''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cvetić, Miloš 1845 births 1905 deaths Serbian dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Serbian actors Male actors from Austria-Hungary Dramatists and playwrights from Austria-Hungary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubravka (drama)
''Dubravka'' is a drama of mythological-pastoral content and allegorical meaning written in the mid-third decade of the 17th century by the Croatian author Ivan Gundulić. It consists of three acts with a total of 28 scenes and 1,696 verses, written in double rhymed dodecasyllables and octosyllables. Time and set The plot of the entire play is set in the pastoral Dubrava in a mythical, pagan time of happiness and well-being, at the time that by its nature reminiscent the golden age of mankind. Historians of literature agree that Dubrava allegorically represents the city of Dubrovnik and/or the Republic of Ragusa as a country with a long tradition of independence and freedom, which cultivated since medieval times. Although Dubrava is some mythical country from the distant past, it represents the Republic of Ragusa because it values freedom as the highest human value, the biggest ideal and virtue that man can reach during his transient life. The story begins at dawn, symbolicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
