3. 3. Wine, Apples or Theatre?<\/h2>\n
In 1868, when Jovan \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107<\/strong> along with eleven actors accepted the invitation from the Serbian Prince Mihailo Obrenovi\u0107<\/strong> to move to Belgrade and form the national theatre, Antonije Tona Had\u017ei\u0107<\/strong> replaced him as general manager. Antonije Tona Had\u017ei\u0107 built strong connections with the official Hungarian statesmen, gaining their trust and respect, during the big political changes in the former Austro-Hungary. At the same time, he attracted a wider audience by enabling the students from Novi Sad Grammar School to attend the plays by giving them free tickets. At the time, the ticket was 10 kreutzers or 20 deniers, the amount for which you could buy three kilos of apples or two litres of wine.<\/p>\n For a long time, the Serbian National Theatre was a travelling theatre which, after the short season in Novi Sad, used to travel across Vojvodina to perform. Before the building of the theatre came to be, the ensemble was performing the plays in the inns amongst which the most famous were: Zeleni venac<\/em>, located in the yard of today\u2019s Vojvo\u0111anska bank<\/em> in the Liberty Square; great hall on the second floor of the hotel\u2019s Sun <\/em>taver, at the corner of Po\u0161tanska and Jevrejska streets; hall of the hotel Carica Jelisaveta<\/em>, at the time when the owner of the hotel was Lazar Dun\u0111erski<\/strong>. Today\u2019s name of the hotel is Vojvodina hotel<\/em>.<\/p>\n Between 1872 and 1892, plays of the Serbian National Theatre were performed in the Civil chateau<\/em> (former Redoutensaal<\/em>) in Trifkovi\u0107ev square. Later, they were forced to leave the chateau due to certain political decisions, with an explanation that the building is dilapidated and likely to fall. A solution was offered by the owner Lazar Dun\u0111erski<\/strong>, who was a big theatre lover. He started building another place for the theatre in the spacious yard of his hotel Carica Jelisaveta<\/em>. Former extraordinary experts and eminent names in architecture, interior and painting worked on the building. The theatre had 650 seats and together with the hotel was the only building in Novi Sad which had electric light. For 33 years, plays have been performed here, until the huge fire broke out and destroyed the whole building in 1928. \u2018That was the only time it was warm in the theatre,\u2019<\/em> noticed one cynical citizen, since the heating was so bad the audience had to sit and watch the plays in their coats for years. There was some gloomy symbolism in the fact that the last play performed in the Dun\u0111erski theatre was named Raspiku\u0107a <\/em>(Profligate).<\/p>\n Construction of today\u2019s building of the Serbian National Theatre started according to a draft of the Polish architect, PhD Viktor Jackijevi\u010d<\/strong>, but the cooperation with him was stopped and the main projects were changed. The author of the architectural solution was Arsa Dimitrijevi\u0107<\/strong>, while the interior designer was Aleksandar \u0160aleti\u0107<\/strong>. When construction work came to an end, nine old houses in the Jevrejska Street were destroyed with an explosive, as well as a couple of houses in the Uspenska Street. Porta in the Uspenska Church was also destroyed. That\u2019s why, when the building was officially opened on 28 March 1981, the citizens didn\u2019t look very pleased when passing by the building of the Serbian National Theatre. Today, the situation is completely different. This building is so accepted and fits so well in the lifestyle of people from Novi Sad that it\u2019s sometimes hard to believe it didn\u2019t exist there from the start.<\/p>\n Author<\/strong>: Ljiljana Dragosavljevi\u0107 Savin, master historian<\/em> It all started with one marriage and then came laughter, tears, glamour, and later fire and explosion. What is hidden in the tumultuous history of one of the most important theatres in Serbia, whose extraordinary building is one of the symbols of Novi Sad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[330],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Istorija](\"https:\/\/visitdistrikt.rs\/media\/2020\/10\/SNP-V.Velickovic.008-1024x683.jpg\")
<\/p>\n4. Travelling Ensemble<\/h2>\n
5. The Only Time It Was Warm in the Theatre<\/h2>\n
6. Explosion in the City Centre<\/h2>\n
\nPhoto<\/strong>: Vladimir Veli\u010dkovi\u0107, Jelena Ivanovi\u0107<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"