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JOVAN STERIJA POPOVIĆ (1806-1856) prvi je i, zajedno sa Branislavom Nušićem, najveći srpski komediograf. Ipak, njegove zasluge u razvoju srpske kulture su mnogo veće. Roden je u Vršcu, tadašnjoj Austrougarskoj monarhiji. Prva komedija, Laža i paralaža (1830), pomogla mu je da prepozna u sebi komediografa, Godine 1840. dolazi u Srbiju, malu zemlju, tek oslobodenu od Turaka, da pomaže svom narodu u uspostavljanju institucija, Učestvuje u osnivanju prva dva profesionalna pozorišta u Srbiji, koja nisu dugo postojala - predstavlja im svoje drame, prevodi strane, pruža podršku u pogledu administracije i prava, radi sa glumcima, piše kritike... Razočaran društvenim i političkim okolnostima i slabog zdravlja, 1848. godine se vraća u Vršac, gde se posvećuje pisanju. Po mnogima, njegova najbolja komedija, Rodoljupci, napisana je u ovom periodu kao reakcija na sukobe izmedu Madara i Srba u Vršcu tokom madarske bune protiv austrougarske vlasti 1848-49,

ANDRAŠ URBAN, reditelj, roden je 1970. godine u Senti. Još kao sedamnaestogodišnjak stvara nezavisnu pozorišnu i književnu radionicu kao autor, reditelj i glumac. Kasnije formira pozorišnu grupu „Aiowa“ koja teatar tretira kao specifičnu, ali ipak sveumetničku ideološku akciju. Studira filmsku i pozorišnu režiju na novosadskoj Akademiji umetnosti u klasi prof. Vlatka Gilića, režira u subotičkom Narodnom pozorištu. Diplomirao je 2000. godine u klasi prof. Bora Draškovića i ponovo intenzivno radio u pozorištu. Uz podršku segedinskog MASZK-a i vlastitog an-

Sambia (Ansambl Andraša Urbana), stvara nezavisne pozorišne predstave. _od 2006. godine je direkter Madarskog gradskog pozorišta „Deže Kostolanji" u Subotici. Osnivačje internadonalnog pozorišnog festivala Desire Central Station. Režirao četrdesetak profesionalnih predstava u Subotici, Nisu. Beogradu, Segedinu, Bitolju, Ljubljani, Berlinu, Klužu, Varni, Mariboru, Rijeci. Dobitnik je raznih nagrada i priznanja, medu kojima su Nagrada „Jasai Mari“ (najprestižnija nagrada za pozorišnu režiju Republike Mađarske), Nagrada „Joakim Vujić", „Pro Urbe“ grada Subotice, „Pro Urbe“ grada Sente, i Nagrada za „Paraielnu umetnost" (Mediawawe). Njegove režije i predstave su nagrađene na festivalima: Sterijino pozorje, Festival profesionalnih pozorišta Vojvodine, Infant, Joakimfest, Tvrdava fest, Teatarfest, Festival alternativnih pozorišta Republike Madarske, Festival mađarskih pozorišta, Bitef, MESS, MOT, Dani satire u Zagrebu.

x IZVODIIZ KRITIKA

„Rodoljupci Andraša Urbana nisu neotesani, neobrazovani provincijalci nego vrlo uglađeni a krajnje svirepi građani. Ta elita jedne varošice može da bude eiita i jednog velegrada. Svejedno gde, ona u pokolj i smrt tera puk i sirotinju, dilujući joj hašiš nacionalnog šovinizma, da iz te radnje izvuče posed i moć Ovi opasni srpski nacionalisti, sve lepo zboreći, spremni su na sve; čak i da opravdaju izdaju nacionalnih interesa, predstavljajući je kao vremenski ograničeno taktičko sredstvo narodnog preporoda." Zlatko Paković, Danas

x THE AUTHORS

JOVAN STERIJA POPOVIC (1806-1856) was the first and, together with Branislav Nusic, the greatest Serbian comedy playwright. Nonetheless, his accomplishments in improving Serbian culture exceed his literary accomplishments. He was born in Vršac, the then Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. His first comedy, The Liar and the Arch Liar (1830), revealed a comedy playwright in him. In 1840, he went to Serbia, a small country, newly liberated from the Turks, in order to help his people in organising the newly acquired self-government. He took part in establishing the first two professional theatres in Serbia, which unfortunately did not last for a long time - he presented them with his texts, translated foreign ones, he supported them regarding the laws and administration, he coached the actors, he wrote reviews... In 1848, disappointed in political and social circumstances and in poor health, Sterija went back to Vršac, where he devoted himself to writing. In many opinions, his best comedy, The Patriots, was written in this period as his reaction to conflicts between the Hungarians and the Serbs in Vršac during the Hungarian Uprising against Austrian government, 1848-49.

ANDRÄS URBÄN, the director, was born in Senta in 1970. At the age of seventeen, he establishes an independent theatre and literary workshop as an author, director and actor. Later on, he establishes a theatre company “Aiowa” (aiowa maffia), which treats the theatre as a specific and yet all-art-included ideological action. He starts studying directing at the Academy

in Novi Sad, under mentoring of Professor Vlatko Gilić, where he studies film and stage directing; he directs plays in the National Theatre in Subotica. Urban graduates in stage directing in 2000, mentored by Professor Boro Draskovic, and again intensively works in theatre. With support of MASZK from Szeged and his own ensemble (The Andras Urban’s Ensemble) he produces independent theatre performances. Since 2006, he has been the Manager of Hungarian Theatre “Dezso Kosztolany" in Subotica. He is the founder of the International Theatre Festival, Desire Central Station. He directed plays in Subotica, Niš, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Szeged, Bitola, Ljubljana, Berlin, Cluj, Varna, Maribor, Rijeka. He has directed about 40 productions. Urban won the Jaszai Mari Award (the most prestigious award in theatre art in Hungary), Joakim Vujić Award, Pro Urbe of the City of Subotica, Pro Urbe of the City of Senta, Award for Parallel Art (Mediawave). His stage directing and productions won awards at the Festival of Professional Theatres of Vojvodina, Sterija Festival, Infant, Joakimfest, Fortress Fest, Teatarfest, Festival of Alternative Theatres of the Republic of Hungary, Festival of Hungarian Theatres, Bitef, MESS, MOT, at the Days of Satire - Zagreb.

x FROM THE REVIEWS

“Andras Urban’s The Patriots are not primitive and uneducated provincial people, they are very sophisticated and utterly cruel. The elite of a small town could be the elite of a city. It does not matter where they come from; they send common people, poor people to battle and death, by dealing them drug of national chauvinism, in order to gain possessions and power. The dangerous