I am pleased to announce that our stage designer Daniela Nicolchova has been nominated for the prestigious national Ikar award 2015.
Yordan Yovkov (born Nov. 9, 1880, Zheravna, Bulg.—died Oct. 15, 1937, Sofia) was a Bulgarian short-story writer, novelist, and dramatist whose stories of Balkan peasant life and military experiences show a fine mastery of prose. He is considered one of the best Bulgarian authors between the two World Wars.
Yovkov grew up in the Dobruja region and, after studying in Sofia, returned there to teach. He later worked in the Bulgarian legation in Bucharest, Rom. He drew upon Balkan folktales for Staroplaninski legendi (1927; “Balkan Legends”). His novel Chiflikŭt kraĭ granitsata (1934; “The Farm by the Frontier”) deals with village life in the Dobruja region. Yovkov’s experiences as a military officer inspired some of his best stories.
His plays include Albena (1930), Boryana (1932), and a comedy, “The Millionaire”(1930).
This is the original text and the translation of the short-story "Albena", which was written one year before the drama:
I started working on the play in the first half of February in Drama Theatre Racho Stoyanov. We had about 45 rehearsals and the first opening was on 14.04.2014
DIRECTOR: VASILENA POPILIEVA
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN: DANIELA NIKOLCHOVA
MUSIC: PETIA DIMANOVA
CAST
TSVETINA PETROVA
DIMO DIMOV
MIROSLAV SIMEONOV
PETKO PETKOV
SILVIA BOEVA
NADEJDA PETKOVA
ELISABETH POPOVA
SAVA GEORGIEV
ILIA KOSTADINOV
IVAILO IVANOV
LEART DOKLE
SVETOSLAV SLAVCHEV
VALERI RADEV
SVETOSLAV SLAVCHEV
VALERI RADEV
Our stage and costume designer Daniela Nicolchova was nomitated for one of the most prestigeous theater awards Ikar for Best Stage and Costume Design.
I was awarded the "Young Talent" prize from the Ministry of Culture.
"On the road between the tavern and the Horozov mill a cart had stopped, ready to depart. In this cart two policemen were going to drive Albena to the town. From the side streets and yards women ran out to watch and as they had just jumped up from their work, they had to put on their scarves and even roll down their sleeves as they ran. They poured towards the cart joining all those who were in the mill. Never before had such a crowd of people gathered, as now in the days leading up to Easter Sunday. Up on the hill you could see Albena’s house, whence they were going to lead her..."
Photos:
Lubo Baychinsky
Rosen Savkov
