| Summary: | The remarkable Lithuanian theatre director and reformer Juozas Miltinis (1907-1994) during almost forty years (1940-1979) was been the head and leader of the Panevėžys State Drama Theatre, which was founded in Lithuania at the end of 1940.
Juozas Miltinis has learned acting at Independent Republic of Lithuania, two seasons (1931-1933) was rather successfully playing at the Šiauliai State Theatre, where was subtued owing to dogmas of obsolete realism. In 1933 the restless young actor Miltinis leaved Lithuania and went to Paris. An the capital of France he entered into theatre's school „Atelje“. There his teacher was well known in Europe French director Charles Dullin. Studies were very fruitful.
Before II World War Miltinis has returned in Kaunas with his own theatre's idea. It must be realize as national intellectual and conseptional new forms theatre, based on earnest repertoire of XX century – plays of W. Shakespeare, H. Ibsen, A. Chekhov, A. Strindberg, L. Pirandello, B. Shaw, - once and for all decided Miltinis.
Miltinis realized his idea at Panevėžys States Drama Theatre with his pupils – young actors and actresses. A few of them became famous Lithuanian actors: Donatas Banionis, Bronius Babkauskas, Stasys Petronaitis, Algimantas Masiulis have played many wonderful roles as in theatre, both in Lithuania and foreign films.
Miltinis has worked out an original system of artistic education. There are organical and consistent combinations of classical and free educations'... [to full text]
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