''Silvertown'' ( bs, Krokodil Lacoste) is a play by Bosnian writer

Zlatko Topčić Zlatko Topčić (born 30 April 1955) is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: ''Remake'', '' The Abandoned'', ''Miracle in Bosnia''; theater plays: ''Time Out'', '' I Don't Like Mondays'', ' ...

. It is bilingual, written in both Bosnian and

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, and was published in 2016. The play performed as ''Krokodil Lacoste'' had its 2011 premiere, directed by

Sulejman Kupusović Sulejman Kupusović (7 April 1951 – 15 August 2014) was a Bosnian theater director. Also, he directed some television films and series. In 1974, Kupusović received a diploma from the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Zagreb, as a director o ...

, in Chamber Theater 55. It a warm reception from audiences and critics. The drama talks about the Srebrenica tragedy through the love story of the main characters, Marija and Salih, who become victims of war circumstances in Bosnia. Author Topčić wanted to hear the objective opinion of the jury and he did not sign his name on the text. At a press conference, he said that he wanted to tell a small story with a big topic, avoiding banalization, politicization and general places. Topčić won the BZK Preporod Award for best dramatic text, 2010, and the Award for best contemporary text at the Theatre Games, 2011.

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