The Impact of Media on the Shaping of Time and Space in Slovene Drama and Theatre

Abstract

This article proceeds from Patrice Pavis's idea that dramatic texts are always only the trace of a performance practice, and that they must be read in such a way that one imagines how the limitations of the play and performance shaped their creation. In the history of theatre, the rule of unity of place, time, and action held an important place and took into account both the recipients' capacity and technological capacities, which were not capable of rapid scene changes and leaps in time. Today one is witness to the most varied input (from fictitious stories to documentary material), mediated with the aid of various media technology, into live theatre performance, which has greatly expanded the understanding of space and time, and has also had a reciprocal impact on writing dramatic texts. These processes are presented using selected examples from contemporary Slovenian drama and theatre: Dušan Jovanović's Razodetja (Revelations), Simona Semenič's tisočdevetstoenainosemdeset (nineteeneightyone), Andrej E. Skubic's Pavla nad prepadom (Paula Above the Precipice), and Neda R. Bric's Eda: Zgodba bratov Rusjan (Eda: The Rusjan Brothers Story).