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- The piece is written as a “heroic cabaret”, in a form of an ironic history lesson, and tells the known story of the assassination using bustling poetic language to express the key demand – the demand for freedom. The play Dragonslayers takes part in the Programme of Marking the WWI Centenary, which has support of the Ministry of culture and information in the Republic of Serbia.
Deidre McAuliffe, MFA
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Dragonslayers by Milena Markovic –
Edited by Deidre McAuliffe, MFA
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Photos of Dragonslayers courtesy of Yugoslav Drama Theatre
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Milena Markovic
Dragonslayers
Directed by Iva Milosevic
Dragonslayers
Directed by Iva Milosevic
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Set Designer: Gorcin Stojanovic, Costume Designer: Maja Mirkovic, Choreographer: Boris Caksiran, Music Composer and Performer: Vladimir Pejkovic.
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Actors: Nikola Rakocevic, Mirjana Karanovic, Radovan Vujovic, Srdjan Timarov, Dubravka Kovjanic, Milan Maric, Jovana Gavrilovic.
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A play is written for YDT as part of the theatre’s intention to mark
the 100th anniversary of the First World War by starting different
projects that deal with the subject of Sarajevo Assassination, the real
beginning of the 20th century. A seventeen-year-old-boy with a gun, a
would-be poet whose name represents a historical symbol and a frequent
subject of dispute, is presented as the protagonist of this new work by
Milena Markovic, a poet and a dramaturg whose work is about
constantly breaking down prejudices.
The piece is written as a “heroic cabaret”, in a form of an ironic history lesson, and tells the known story of the assassination using bustling poetic language to express the key demand – the demand for freedom. It is not a historical play, but a contemporary piece which examines the position of today’s young man and his need to express the demand – to be free.
Historical figures are brought to the stage, the conspirators, Young Bosnians, together with the world of ordinary people and their different understanding of the event and its essential meaning. Different characters and situations are built by eight actors that play a few dozens of characters in a few dozen situations.
The play Dragonslayers takes part in the Programme of Marking the WWI Centenary, which has support of the Ministry of culture and information in the Republic of Serbia.
The piece is written as a “heroic cabaret”, in a form of an ironic history lesson, and tells the known story of the assassination using bustling poetic language to express the key demand – the demand for freedom. It is not a historical play, but a contemporary piece which examines the position of today’s young man and his need to express the demand – to be free.
Historical figures are brought to the stage, the conspirators, Young Bosnians, together with the world of ordinary people and their different understanding of the event and its essential meaning. Different characters and situations are built by eight actors that play a few dozens of characters in a few dozen situations.
The play Dragonslayers takes part in the Programme of Marking the WWI Centenary, which has support of the Ministry of culture and information in the Republic of Serbia.
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Belgrade, Serbia – Dragonslayers by Milena Markovic, Directed by Iva Milosevic, Yugoslav Drama Theatre. The play Dragonslayers takes part in the Programme of Marking the WWI Centenary, which has support of the Ministry of culture and information in the Republic of Serbia.
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· Dragonslayers by Milena Markovic, Yugoslav Drama Theatre / Edited by Deidre McAuliffe, MFA ·
· Photos of Dragonslayers courtesy of Yugoslav Drama Theatre
All rights reserved 2014. Copyright © Yugoslav Drama Theatre ·
All rights reserved 2014. Copyright © Yugoslav Drama Theatre ·
· Design & Artwork by Djuradj Vujcic and Prvoslav Vujcic · Illustrated by Sarah Riordan and Deidre McAuliffe ·
· Edited by Djuradj Vujcic, Prvoslav Vujcic, Deidre McAuliffe, Sarah Riordan and Danijela Kovacevic Mikic ·
· Edited by Djuradj Vujcic, Prvoslav Vujcic, Deidre McAuliffe, Sarah Riordan and Danijela Kovacevic Mikic ·
All rights reserved 2014. Copyright © Urban Book Circle®
Published by Urban Book Circle on June 10, 2014
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