Edificarea Casei Naționale a Asociațiunii Astra și prima scenă românească de teatru din Transilvania (Sibiu, 1905)
The Edification of the National House of the Astra Association and the first Romanian Theater Stage in Transylvania (Sibiu, 1905)

Summary/Abstract: The ASTRA Association had an important contribution to the development of cultural and artistic life in Transylvania by inaugurating the Museum of the Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People, in August 1905, in Sibiu. The opening of the National House – which housed the Association Museum, offices and library – on the occasion of the Sibiu Celebrations, in August 1905, was an unprecedented cultural event, which brought together thousands of participants from all lands inhabited by Romanians. On the same occasion, the inauguration of the first Romanian theater scene in Transylvania took place, as a result of the collaboration between the ASTRA Association and the Society for the Romanian National Theater Fund. The National House hosted a space dedicated to cultural and artistic events held in order to cultivate and awaken the national consciousness among the Romanian people in Transylvania. Our study brings unique documents from the Sibiu County Branch of the National Archives regarding the establishment of the National House and the correspondence between the ASTRA Association and the Society for the Romanian National Theater Fund, which shows the steps taken by the two cultural societies to establish the first Romanian theater stage in Transylvania and their concern for supporting the cultural and artistic activity of the Romanian population in Transylvania. The inauguration of the National House and the first Romanian stage in Transylvania supported the shaping of a Romanian theatrical movement in Sibiu and in Transylvania and determined the inclusion of the theater among the cultural propaganda of the Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People. After 1905, the divisions of the Association showed a real concern for the organization of cultural-theatrical events and for the promotion of this art amongt he Romanian population in the province.

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