THE DEVELOPMENT OF SLOVAK PROFESSIONAL ACTING (THE MARŠKA EXPERIMENT)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SLOVAK PROFESSIONAL ACTING (THE MARŠKA EXPERIMENT)

Summary/Abstract: In February 1921 Ján Borodáč, a student of conservatory of dramatic arts, approached Vavro Šrobár, who was a member of parliament, government minister and the chairman of the Slovak National Theatre Association, offering to contribute toward establishing a new drama company which he thought could “be founded as nomadic, solely dramatic, ‘promotional company’”. He informed Šrobár that there were three Slovaks at the Prague Conservatory (“Hana Styková, Oľga Borodáčová and me”). While he was to graduate that year, both women were willing to quit school and alongside him were prepared to “study and work in [their] given specialisation in the real world, and they want to ask for acting engagements and join a promotional company.” He also said that Karel Balák, Jaroslav Tumlíř and Mária Hámová, among others, were interested in being part of a new ensemble and that “they can and want to perform in Slovak because just last year I was rehearsing Slovak plays with them when we were rehearsing in Slovakia over the holidays.”

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