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Premier display of “Uncle Maroje” by Varaždin Theatre at the 59th Festival
Croatian National Theatre of Varaždin is at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival for the first time performing the masterpiece by the playwright from Dubrovnik. Formal premiere of this play will be held within the 38
th Varaždin Baroque Nights.
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“Uncle Maroje”, a comedy whose premiere was performed in 1551 in the Town Hall of the Rector’s Palace, does not come off from the Croatian and Europen stages after 1938 when Marko Fotez placed it on the stage of the Croatian National Theatre of Zagreb. This year, it will be played for the forth time on the stages of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival on 13th of August at Bošković Square. After the performance of the Theatre from Zagreb, Macedonia and Hungary, the audience will have the chance to see the version from Varaždin. This play, performed by the Theatre of Varaždin, will be the first Croatian version of the play coming from the north-west in the last 30 years.
“Uncle Maroje” from Varaždin is different from the ones seen by now, and the innovative approach by the young Russian director Vasilij Senin and dramaturge Vladimir Stojsavljević will certainly evoke the attention of the theater public and maybe some polemic reactions. Main carriers of the plot are Držić’s monologues which even today explain the human relations in so many details. When compared to the original, this version of the play is significantly shorter and pieces of the text in Italian are translated into the standard Croatian language. Although it is not usual to reveal the ending of the play, we are forced by impatience to set forth how the playwright signed the death of Pomet and how Maro fell into the hands of criminals. It is interesting how there are only six actors from the steady line-up of the Croatian National Theater of Varaždin among 20 in the play, while others are all guests from Zagreb.