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Franz Kafka
THE CASTLE
Franz Kafka
Das Schloss
Premiere: May 9 2008, on Bojan Stupica Theatre stage, at 8.30 PM.
Running time: approximately 1h15’ and has no breaks. |
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| ABOUT THE PRUDUCTION |
| ABOUT AUTHOR |
| ABOUT DIRECTOR |
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Dramatisation:
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Dušan Bogović |
| Director: |
Nikola Zavišić |
| Set Designer: |
Siniša Ilić |
| Costume Designer: |
Maja Mirković |
Composer:
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Sonja Lončar |
| Movement Director: |
Dunja Jocić |
| Assistant Director: |
Marina Lešić |
| Assistant Costume Designer: |
Ivana Jovanović |
| Production Manager: |
Julija Jovanović |
Cast:
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Nebojša Glogovac |
Landlady, Mizzi |
Milena Vasić-Ražnatović |
Pepi, Girl from the Castle, Landlady at the Bridge Inn |
Jelena Ćuruvija-Djurica |
Frieda |
Sena Djorović |
Teacher, Barnabas |
Nebojša Milovanović |
Arthur, Little Hans |
Nikola Vujović |
Jeremiah, Momus |
Bojan Dimitrijević |
Inn keeper, Village Council Chairman, Old Man, Erlanger |
Bojan Lazarov |
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Musician on stage: |
Sonja Lončar |
Lighting Design:
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Svetislav Calić, Nikola Zavišić |
Sound Design: |
Igor Bošković |
Prompter: |
Zorica Kalčić |
Stage Manager: |
Ivan Janketić |
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Dušan Bogović on The Castle
The Castle itself bears a strong symbolism. No Castle is easy to conquer. Physically or mentally. I believe each of us carries a Castle within, attempting to conquer it, to slightly approach it, to make a tiny little scratch on its walls, to seduce it, to conquer it even if that clashes with our principles – and leave, ‘God’s flower in hand’; or simply try to tear it down, set it on fire, demolish it – and leave – as ‘dissenting with God’! A dilemma must arise there. Whether to tear it down or to conquer it?! Kafka’s dilemma is ours too. In the novel, both of these options move parallel to each other, along the central axis of events, in order to leave the reader enough space to settle down in a corner somewhere, to make up their mind, and to finally summon themselves to action! Because, we are all called upon, with no exceptions! That is the soul of this work!
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ABOUT AUTHOR
Franz Kafka (Prague, 1883 – Vienna, 1924), the most puzzling literary personage of the twentieth century, the evidence for which lies in the ratio between his literary work, modest in scope, and extensive critical literature about it, including multiple meanings and interpretative liberties. Kafka studied law in Prague and worked as a lawyer in an insurance company from 1908 through 1922. Since he was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1917, he frequently sent time at sanatoriums. In his lifetime he only published several collections of stories and sketches, but the majority of his work was published posthumously and against the author’s will. Even though he assigned his literary testament to be burnt, the executor of his will, writer Max Brod, refused to obey him, and he edited and published the novels Process (1925), Castle (1926) and America (1927). His personal testimonies, Diaries (published in 1937 and 1951) and Letters, particularly Letters to Milena (published in 1952) are also of literary value. In the structure of Kafka’s literary world, an individual will find themselves in an environment directed by an unknown and seemingly alogical mechanism, and the sequence of events will resemble that in a difficult and troublesome dream.
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ABOUT DIRECTOR
Nikola Zavišić
Born in 1975. Received MA in Theatre Directing in 2003, from the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre of Academy of Arts in Prague. His work includes theatre directing, playwriting and lighting design.
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