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- Title
Vilniaus marionečių teatras.
- Authors
ABRAMOWICZ, MALGORZATA
- Abstract
The article takes a look at the history of the "Vilnius Marionette Theatre ("Wileński Teatr Łątek"), established before WWII. Its founders were three women of the Totwen family - Olga Dobuzhynska-Totwen and two of her daughters - Ewa and Irena. Olga was the youngest sister of the celebrated artist Mstislav Dobuzhinsky; the great artist was constantly interested and involved in the stage pursuits of the Totwen family, participated in their work by creating set designs for Olga's future little puppet theatre, designing costumes, advising on the the repertoire and conveying theoretical knowledge. The Marionette Theatre was created in the spirit of the famous art group "The Art World" working in St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 20th century; its stylistics were based on the avant-garde of art and theatre of the beginning of the century's Western Europe and the experience of the experimental stages. Ewa Totwen graduated in Arts from the Stephan Batory University. The activities of the marionette theater were joined by a higher number of Vilnius' theatre crowd. Overtaken by WWII, occupation, postwar repressions, ideologically restricted, in 1945 Totwens returned to Poland. Their doll theater, for a long time still called "Vilnius Marionette Theatre", performed in various cities of Poland, then settled down in Gdansk and was active there up to 1958.
- Subjects
VILNIUS (Lithuania); LITHUANIA; PUPPET theater; MARIONETTES; DOBUZHYNSKA-Totwen, Olga; DOBUZHINSKY, Mstislav; PERFORMING arts repertoire; HISTORY
- Publication
Menotyra, 2008, Issue 4, p6
- ISSN
1392-1002
- Publication type
Article