The Beginnings of Puppetry in Zadar

U ovom radu autorica obrađuje djelovanje Kazališta lutaka u Zadru od osnivanja 1951. do profesionalizacije 1963. godine. Prvo desetljeće zadarskog lutkarstva obilježio je rad osnivača, redatelja i glumca Bruna Paitonija, koji je lutku tipa guignol izravno iz Pariza doveo u Zadar i, prvenstveno iz didaktičkih namjena, zadarskoj djeci organizirao lutkarske predstave. U stvaranju Kazališta lutaka u Zadru sudjelovali su glumci, redatelji, scenografi i glazbenici iz Narodnog kazališta koji su bili izravno uključeni u rad predstava ili kao glumci ili redatelji ili su u novinama pisali o lutkarskim predstavama. Analizira redateljske, dramaturške i animatorske posebnosti lutkarskih predstava poznate pod nazivom “Gatarina škola”, navodi prve scenografije u Kazalištu lutaka u Zadru, prve plakate i prva priznanja za uspješni rad koje su dobili na gostovanju u Rimu. Sukob osnivača i direktora Paitonija s kolektivom označio je kraj jednog razdoblja, ali i početak novih odnosa i novih poetika u Kazalištu lutaka u Zadru.In this paper, the author addresses the issue of the active operation of Zadar Puppet Theatre in the period between its founding in 1951 and its professionalisation in 1963. The first decade of puppetry in Zadar marks the work of its founder – stage manager and actor Bruno Paitoni, who had brought the guignol puppet directly from Paris to Zadar and organised puppet shows for the children of Zadar primarily for didactic reasons. Actors, stage managers, stage designers and musicians from the National Theatre, who had participated in shows as actors, stage managers or newspaper reviewers, had been involved in the establishing of Zadar Puppet Theatre. The author analyses specific staging, dramaturgical and puppet-master qualities of the puppet shows known under the name of “Gatara’s school”; she further mentions the first stage designs at Zadar Puppet Theatre, the first posters and the first acknowledgements the Theatre had received at its guest appearance in Rome. The conflict that arose between the founder and stage manager Paitoni and his team marked the end of a period; however, it also marked the beginning of new relations and new poetics at Zadar Puppet Theatre