Theatre Inauguration Ceremony and Symbolic Representation

Authors

  • Katalin Ágnes Bartha Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Keywords:

19th century, Transylvania, theatre anniversary celebration, institutionalization, invented tradition

Abstract

The inauguration of the theatre building in Farkas street can be considered as a landmark of the Hungarian theatre history of Transylvania. The ceremony  from 1821 has become a canonical event of Hungarian acting. The study analyzes first how the National Hungarian Theatre was constituted in the frame of  the inauguration ceremony referring also to the symbolics of it as a visual and event-like frame of theatre historical remembrance. Then, will focus on two  anniversary celebrations (from 1871 and 1892), in order to analyze how various elements of the anniversary celebrations relate to each other in the context of  the institutionalization process.

Author Biography

Katalin Ágnes Bartha, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Katalin Ágnes Bartha is a postdoctoral fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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Published

2022-01-28

How to Cite

Bartha, K. Ágnes. (2022). Theatre Inauguration Ceremony and Symbolic Representation. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai - Dramatica, 62(2), 23–50. Retrieved from https://dramatica.ro/index.php/j/article/view/201