Serbian National Theatre

Not to be confused with National Theatre in Belgrade.

Serbian National Theatre

Српско народно позориште Srpsko narodno pozorište
Serbian National Theatre Location within Novi Sad
Address	Pozorišni Trg 1
Location	Novi Sad, Serbia
Coordinates	45°15′18″N19°50′35″E / 45.2549°N 19.8431°E / 45.2549; 19.8431
Type	Theatre
Opened	28 July 1861;164 years ago (1861-07-28)
Website
www.snp.org.rs

400m
436yds

   

Location within neighborhood

The Serbian National Theatre (Serbian : Српско народно позориште, Srpsko narodno pozorište), located in Novi Sad, is one of the major theatres of Serbia.

History

The Serbian National Theatre was founded in 1861 during a conference of the Serbian National Theatre Society, composed of members of the Serbian Reading Room (Srpska čitaonica), held in Novi Sad. ^[1] It is one of the oldest professional theatres among the South Slavs, as the Croatian National Theatre was established in 1860 and the Slovenian National Theatre was founded in 1867 as well. ^{[2] [3]}

The current building of the theatre was opened in March 1981. The first general manager of the Serbian National Theatre was Jovan Đorđević and the second was Dimitrije Mihailović. The founding fathers were: Dr. Jovan Andrejević-Joles, Svetozar Miletić, Stevan Branovački, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Jovan Đorđević, Dimitrije Ružić, Dimitrije Marković Kikinđanin, Nikola Nedeljković, Dimitrije Mihailović, Kosta Hadžić, Mihailo Gavrilović, Mihailo Racković, Mladen Cvijić, Stevan Čekić and Draginja Popović-Ružić. ^[1]

An annual theatre festival Sterijino pozorje is held in Serbian National Theatre since 1956.

Gallery

• 
  Diploma of Theater's society by Uroš Predić, 1897
• 
  Serbian National Theatre building from outside
• 
  Serbian National Theatre building
• 
  Serbian National Theatre (2022)

See also

• Youth Theatre
• Novi Sad Theatre
• List of theatres in Serbia

References

1. "Serbian National Theatre History". snp.org.rs.
2. Carlson, Marvin (2008). Wilmer, S. (ed.). National Theatres in a Changing Europe. Springer. p. 23. ISBN   9780230582910.
3. Nagy, Peter; Rouyer, Philippe (2014). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 1: Europe, Volume 1. Routledge. p. 951. ISBN   9781136118043.

External links

• Serbian National Theatre