From Utopia to Stage
From Utopia to Stage

Summary/Abstract: The beginning of the twentieth century witnessed the imposing in theatre movement of the personality of the director, giving to it complex, artistic, organizational, theoretical and pedagogical tasks. The theatre performance is unthinkable without his decisive contribution also in the establishing of theatre repertoire, actor training and in giving a specific style to a company he directs. Being an animator, spiritual and ideological leader, the director has the central role in the life of theatre and performance production – his role is essential – his concepts, creative thinking become a law. The first decades of the last century brought about few names of directors that shaped the lines of the modern art of theatre, from them developed the majority of directors who gave personality and a special place to theatre in the modern artistic movement. We present two personalities who created new means and forms of stage expression; their vision sometimes has been seen as utopian, today being viewed as reformers of the art of theatre and of theatre as an independent art: Vsevolod Meyerhold and Edward Gordon Craig.

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