WHO MAKES UP SPLIT’S THEATER AUDIENCES?

U splitskoj kazališnoj povijesti podosta je podataka o kazališnoj publici. Uz atribucije koje se mogu adresirati na svaku kazališnu publiku, u kronici kazališnih događanja mnoštvo je podataka koji govore o posebnosti one splitske. Iako je najčešće sklona lakim komadima te sadržajima pučkog i ambijentalnog kazališta, splitska kazališna publika ne pristaje na kazalište kao pučko zabavište. Otvorena i za modernije i zahtjevnije kazališne sadržaje, izražava nezadovoljstvo kada joj se pod umjetnošću prodaju blefersko glumatanje i forsirane teatarske dosjetke, a posebno je osjetljiva na podcjenjivanje. Osobito je među splitskom publikom zanimljiva kategorija radoznalaca, obveznika i vojažera koji kazališnom životu osiguravaju prepoznatljiv kolorit.There is a wealth of information within Split’s theater history on its audiences. Alongside attributation which can be addressed to every theater audience, there is a bevy of information in the chronicle of theater events that speak to the specificities of those from Split. Even though it most often favored light pieces of a folk or ambient nature, Split’s theater audiences didn’t perceive theater as a means of folk entertainment. They were open to more modern and demanding pieces, and would express their dissatisfaction when presented with shallow acting and forced theatrical witticisms, as well as being particularly sensitive to having their sensibilities underestimated. Of particular interest for Split’s audiences is the category of curious arrivals, industry professionals, and passers by, which provided their theater life its characteristic colorfulness