Theatre
Печалбари
Not translated into English
Anton Panov · 1936
Synopsis
Simka, the daughter of a rich merchant, loves Kostadin, a poor boy who lives with his mother, Božana. Jordan, Simka's father, demands that he buy his daughter for a sum of money, according to custom. Kostadin refuses, out of love and out of rejection of this practice, and Jordan promises Simka to another. An attempt by the two lovers to run away fails; Kostadin ends up paying, by going into debt to Jordan, and when Simka tells him she is expecting a child, the merchant demands what is owed him.
Context
The play, in four acts and seven scenes, depicts Macedonian life from 1929 to 1932. The dialogue is in the local speech, the stage directions in Serbian. Staged in Skopje by Josif Srdanović, it was a great success, which critics attribute to the fidelity of the sets, costumes, dances and songs, and was then performed in Belgrade, Niš and other towns. In 1939, a prize from the Serbian Academy of Sciences enabled the author to have it printed in Skopje.
Who it is for
In Macedonian, a drama in seven scenes, with no French translation. It is better to know that the word in the title refers to those who left to work far away for years.
Prizes and reception
Its author's most famous drama; he is counted, with two other playwrights, among the voices of Macedonian theatre between the wars.
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