The Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Drama ( sl, Slovensko narodno gledališče Drama Ljubljana, ), or the Slovene National Theatre Drama in Ljubljana, is the national theatre in

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, best known for its conservative repertoire, including classical European dramatic texts and selected contemporary non-commercial European and Slovene ones. Its seat is the Ljubljana Drama Theatre () to the southeast of the Slovene Museum of Natural History and southwest of the

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building originally of the city's German Theatre (german: Deutsches Theater).

History

The theatre is heir to the first ever

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drama performance, staged on 24 October 1867 by the Slovene Dramatic Society in the premises of the Ljubljana Reading Society. After collapse of

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, it was renamed in the short-lived

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the ''National Theatre'', and in 1919 the ''Provincial Theatre''. In the

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it was renamed the ''Royal Theatre''. During World War II in Slovene Lands, it operated under the names ''State Theatre'' and the ''Slovene National Theatre on Liberated Territory''. After the war, it was renamed ''Drama of the Slovene National Theatre''. Its current name, SNG DRAMA, dates from 1992.

Branches

The theatre is one of three branches of the Slovene National Theatre (SNG). *

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External links

Official site
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