Belgrade Drama Theatre

The Belgrade Drama Theatre (Serbian Cyrillic: Београдско драмско позориште; abbr. BDP) is a theatre located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.

Belgrade Drama Theatre
Београдско драмско позориште
Official logo
Belgrade Drama Theatre main entrance
Belgrade Drama Theatre
Location within Belgrade
AddressMileševska 64a
LocationBelgrade, Serbia
Coordinates44°47′50.6″N 20°29′08.2″E
TypeTheatre
OpenedAugust 1947 (1947-08)
Website
www.bdp.rs
Location within neighborhood

History

Belgrade Drama Theatre was founded in August 1947, and it was the first city theater formed in Belgrade after the Second World War. The first opening night of "The Youth of the Fathers" by Boris Gorbatov staged by Petar S. Petrović was performed on the stage on 20 February 1948. The building on Crveni Krst, in which this theater is nowadays, was opened in the season of 1948/49, and the first opening night performed on this stage was "Sumnjivo lice" by Branislav Nušić, produced by Bosnian Salko Repak, on 20 March 1949. In the period from 1959 to 1975, Belgrade Drama Theatre, with Belgrade Comedy, made one theater house - "Contemporary Theater", and in December 1975, it became the Belgrade Drama Theater again.

In the mid-1950s and in the beginning of the 1960s, BDP had its "golden" period, mostly owing to particularly successful performances of the works of contemporary American playwrights and a brilliant galaxy of actors, stage managers, stage designers, costume designers, who, with their talents, made the reputation of the stage on Crveni Krst. The legendary performances of Death of a Salesman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, Mother Courage and Her Children, A View from the Bridge and other contemporary classics came near the cult status among the theatergoers.

In the spring of 2003, a thorough reconstruction of the theater building was completed, bringing it to the level of high European standards.[1]

As of 2010, Belgrade Drama Theatre is among the most popular theaters in Belgrade.[2] It has a seating capacity of 495 seats.[2] Today, Belgrade Drama Theatre works with a repertory artistic company and carries on the tradition created by performances of the classic and avant-garde dramatic literature, whereby it has created and maintained its recognizable style and artistic expression.

See also

References
  1. Ćirić, Sonja (29 May 2003). "U novom ruhu". vreme.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. "POZORIŠNA PUBLIKA U SRBIJI" (PDF). zaprokul.org.rs (in Serbian). ZAVOD ZA PROUČAVANJE KULTURNOG RAZVITKA. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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