Amateur Theater in Orava

The beginning of the amateur theater in Slovakia goes back to the first half of the C19th. Leopold Bruck is considered to be the co-founder of the amateur theater class in Dolny Kubin.

In 1842, in Dolny Kubin, there was the first ever performance in Slovak, called „Cech a Nemec" (Czech and German) from the author Stepanek.

In the 1860s, there was already a busy theater life in Dolny Kubin. After the death of Leopold Bruck a new teacher, Adolf Medzihradsky, took over and organized theatrical performances together with his students.

In 1868, the cultural union, Mestianska beseda, was founded. Within this union a drama class was also successfully developing its activity. The manager of the theater and entertainment was P.O. Hviezdoslav. Plays such as Laska zdola vsetko (The Love overcomes everything), or Skrotena divoska from Shakespeare (Taming of the Shrew), as well as the works of Ferka Urbanka were performed.

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