Театральне мистецтво в середовищi мiжвоєнної української полiтичної емiграцiї в Югославiї
Theatrical Art among Interwar Ukrainian Political Emigration in Yugoslavia

Summary/Abstract: Based on the previously unknown documents and materials from the National Archive of the Czech Republic, the Central State Archive of Public Organizations of Ukraine and the Archive of Yugoslavia and Ukrainian emigrant press, the theatrical activity of Ukrainian political emigration in Yugoslavia during the period between the First and Second World Wars was characterized. The main organizers of theatrical performances were emigrant public organizations - the Ukrainian Partnership Prosvita (Zagreb, Belgrade) with its departments in the regions, the Ukrainian communities (partnerships) in Belgrade, Velikyi Bechkerek, Smederevo, as well as theatrical partnerships, amateur theater groups and troupes. The cast and repertoire of theatrical troupes were analyzed. Attention was paid to the participation in the production of performances of professional theatrical figures and artists Mikhail Mangler, Mikhail Pravednikov, Maria Kolesnikova, (director), Stepan Krasutsky (conductor), Anatolyi Maylushevsky (tenor), Petr Trunov (artist) and Evgenia Mozgovaya (actress), as well as public figures, in particular Mikhail Chubinsky (director and actor). The repertoire of Ukrainian troupes included not only one-act, but also multi-act plays, operas and operettas, dramas and comedies, scenes from plays and theatrical monologues. Usually theatrical performances were timed to national, state and religious holidays, anniversaries of historical events and persons. Theater art among the Ukrainian political emigration was one of the means of preserving national identity in a different ethnic, political and cultural environment.

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