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Tallinn Town Theatre (Estonia) J. Rohumaa 'The Only and Eternal Life'

About the theatre

Tallinn Town Theatre is the youngest theatre in Estonia. Its house is situated in the heart of Tallinn, in the beautiful building from 14th century. This house belonged to the Theatre of Young Spectator which was founded in 1965 by Voldemar Panso. The words of this legendary person: "This will be a theatre of great ideas, not of fine words" remain the slogan of the Town Theatre. The present head of the company is Elmo Nuganen.

About the performance

The Only and Eternal Life is "theatre novel". It takes place at the beginning of the century, time of foundation of the professional Estonian theatre. Prototypes of the characters are Paul Pinna, Theodor Alterman, Netty Pinna, Erna Vilmer, who are the legendary beings from the history of estonian Theatre. "One quiet, peaceful motive passes through the infinitely long time, through the fates of the people which made the history of the national theatre, through the collisions of the theatre life: this is the only life, it is eternal and noble, infinitely tragic and infinitely happy, the life of art, which cannot exist without the succession. People suffer and these sufferings, like heavy, but strong and reliable stones go in the laying of the national culture, which the actors of the Town Theatre also feel themselves concerned in"

Pavel Rudnev
"Sovremennaya Dramaturgia"

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