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Satirical Theatre
The Aleko Konstantinov State Satirical Theatre ( bg, Държавен сатиричен театър „Алеко Константинов“, ''Darzhaven satirichen teatar „Aleko Konstantinov“''), commonly known as the Satirical Theatre, is a theatre in Sofia, Bulgaria, located on Georgi Rakovski Street, known as "Sofia Broadway". It was established in 1957 and named after writer Aleko Konstantinov, author of the satirical series ''Bay Ganyo''. In 1974, the theatre put on a very successful production of Stanislav Stratiev's ''The Roman Bath (play), The Roman Bath'', which was put on for more than ten years. In 2005 the theatre put on a production of Ana Vaseva's ''D.L. (play), D.L.''. References Theatres in Sofia 1957 establishments in Bulgaria Theatres completed in 1957 {{Europe-theat-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satirical Theatre - Sofia 2
Satire is a genre of the visual arts, visual, literature, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently Nonfiction, non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming or exposing the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. A feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm —"in satire, irony is militant", according to literary critic Northrop Frye— but parody, burlesque (literary), burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
