Lec Bushati (; 10 July 192316 September 1996) was an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n actor from

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. The city sprawls across the Plain of Mbishkodra between the southern part of Lake Shkod ...

who played more than 150 roles in both

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and

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Life and career

He was born in Shkodër on 10 July 1923. He started education in the then Xavier (now ''

Pjetër Meshkalla High School Pjetër Meshkalla High School (''Shkolla e Mesme Pjetër Meshkalla'') is a private school, private Catholic Church in Albania, Roman Catholic secondary school located in Shkodra, Albania. Founded in 1877 by Jesuits from Sicily, the school is named ...

'') college of the city and finished in 1945. There he interpreted parts in plays like ''Princi i Drishtit (The Prince of

Drisht Drisht ( sq-definite, Drishti) is a village, former bishopric and Latin titular see with an Ancient and notable medieval history (Latin ''Drivastum,'' Italian ''Drivasto'') in Albania, 6 km from Mes Bridge (Albanian: ''Ura e Mesit''). It is l ...

)'' written by Zef Harapi and ''Udha (The Road)''. After graduation he would play parts in works from writers such as

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...

and

Gjergj Fishta Gjergj Fishta (; 23 October 187130 December 1940) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, poet, educator, politician, rilindas, translator and writer. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 20th century due to his epic ...

(''Juda Makabe'', 1914). He later enrolled in "Aleksandër Xhuvani Institute" and then

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, finishing his studies in 1964. Bushati was one of the first actors to perform in the newly constructed ''"Migjeni" Theatre'' in Shkodër, mostly acting in plays written by playwright Andrea Skanjeti. He then expanded into other roles as a professional actor, playing a variety of characters in

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drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

s and

tragedies Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy ...

. He also played in 15 films, most notably
Detyrë e posaçme
' (1963),
Ditët që sollën pranverën
' (1979), '' Të paftuarit (The uninvited)'' (1985),
Shembja e idhujve
' (1977).

References

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