Theatrical activity in Jesenice in the interwar period and repertoires of individual theatres

Abstract

The paper discusses theatrical activity in Jesenice during the period between the World Wars, in which several theatrical groups operated at the same time. This form of mass cultural participation constitutes the beginning of Jesenice’s cultural revival. The first documented organised Slovenian theatrical activity in Jesenice began already in 1897, with the founding of the Catholic Workers’ Educational Club. Drama sections were soon also initiated by other workers’ educational organisations, such as Sokol and Svoboda, which reached their peak in the interwar period. In developing their programme policies, Jesenice-based cultural organisations oscillated during almost every development phase between aesthetic and current social, economic and political objectives.