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Yugoslav Drama Theatre

Sophocles, one of the three classics of Greek tragedy (alongside Aeschylus and Euripides), wrote more than 130 works of which only a few have been preserved: Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Trachinian Women, Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus. Of all these works, the most famous in antiquity was the tragedy Oedipus the King, which Aristotle in his work 'Poetics' states is a perfect model of tragedy. Slovenian director Vito Taufer graduated in directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana in 1985. Since then, he has directed over 100 theatrical productions, several operas, and one feature film. He collaborated with numerous theaters throughout former Yugoslavia and has received numerous prestigious theater awards and recognitions, including several Borštnik Awards, several Lovro Vogrič Awards of the Sarajevo MESS, Sterija Awards, Marul Awards of Maruli Days, Prešeren Awards... In 1996, Taufer received the Special Bitef Award for the performance Silence Silence Silence produced by the Slovenian Youth Theatre in Ljubljana. He directed works by Gogol, Krleža, Ionesco, Shakespeare, Beckett, Sophocles, Chekhov...photo: Nebojša Babić