BACKSTAGE THEATER
BACKSTAGE THEATER
Author(s): Valeria FolSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Culture and social structure
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Theater; Varna People’s Theater; WWII; Nikolai Fol.
Summary/Abstract: This is a comment on some documents of historic interest from the personal archive of Nikolai Fol, Director of the Varna National Theater in 1943 – 1944. It tells of the evacuation of the theatre, its modus operandi, the way such a cultural institution was administered during WWII, the atmosphere in the theatre and the city of Varna at that time, the transformation of the theatre into a symbol of modernization and Europeanization of the city and village, as well as of the spirit of intellectuals and artists in that situation of crisis.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 455-460
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
