4 DRAME (orig. title)

4 PLAYS

croatian literature drama anthology
2022

about: The featured works in this anthology are a vibrant selection of plays from four emerging Croatian playwrights: Espi Tomičić, Luka Vlašić, Rona Žulj, and Tea Matanović. Although their creative expressions diverge in theme and form, each play is bound together by an undercurrent of dramatic dialogue that is as thought-provoking as it is insightful.

In his enlightening preface, Tomislav Zajec suggests an enthralling dialogue exists amongst these plays. A pulsating tension emerges between the deeply personal insights revealed by the authors and their public manifestations. The chosen motifs are provocative, encapsulated within an engaged membrane of narrative that is intricately woven and filled with metatextual content.

From succinct, pivotal details to expansive, sweeping sequences, these playwrights demonstrate a deft use of self-referentiality and citation. They encompass all the dimensions of the written word, yielding a powerful dialectic between their meticulously crafted inner expressions and the enacted planes of their narratives.

authors: Espi Tomičić, Luka Vlašić, Rona Žulj, and Tea Matanović
publisher: Academy of Dramatic Art of the University, Student Center of the University
publisher’s series: Small Drama Library of Teatar &TD
language: Croatian

content:

• preface by Tomislav Zajec
• Salt on Wounds by Tea Matanović
• Don’t Forget to Cover Your Feet: A Dramatic Text for Three Voices by Espi Tomičić
• Marta Feldman by Luka Vlašić
• Pousse Pousse Noir/Hommage I: (with excerpts of dialogue from Godard’s Vivre sa vie) by Rona Žulj

interested readers can:

• find it at the local library in Zagreb