Treći čin (sarajevska čitanja Čehovljevog Višnjika)
Third Act: Sarajevo Readings of Chekhov's Cherry Orchard

Summary/Abstract: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, undoubtedly, announced the 20th century. However, both the 20th and the 21st centuries have, also undoubtedly, enriched the legacy of this Russian classics author with new interpretations. With this, they have broadened the understanding of his artistic opus, and have revealed varied potentials of his dramas. In this text, the author portrayed the reception of Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard on the theatres of Sarajevo. The primary task did not imply grading, nor rating, the concepts and resolutions brought about by the directors and actors. The goal of this text was, on one hand, to present the opinions and outlooks of Bosnian and Herzegovenian critics regarding this theatre play, in literary theory and literary criticism, as well as partly theatre criticism. These opinions and outlooks, dated back to the very first scene performance, which was in Sarajevo’s National theatre in the 1930s, were compared to the original. On the other hand, the goal was to illustrate the fact that some analysis, and some individual interpretations of the actors and directors reveal new meanings of Chekhov’s lines, which are potentially there.

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