Hasan aga's wife

After the premiere on 30 December 2001 on the “Fifth Floor” Stage, we received the following reviews: “The Wife of Hassan-Aga has been directed by Jagoš Marković. When we watch one of his productions, we can be sure that he will stir your emotions with the hearty support from the cast. He simply cannot do it any other way”; “The Wife of Hassan-Aga interpreted by Vanja Ejdus is a remarkable accomplishment”; “Aleksandar Srećković has recited (…) probably the best monologue in our modern dramatic texts (…) in the best tradition of Branko Pleša, when a drama monologue becomes music, poetry and wisdom”; “Hassan-Aga’s mother has been surely and maturely interpreted by Radmila Živković, while Ksenija Jovanović builds the character of the Mother of the Pintorovićs from impenetrable mask, which eventually reveals the tragedy of woman’s. Darko Tomović has designed a superb theatrical accomplishment in the role of Jusuf”; “This is beyond a shadow of a doubt a success for the National Theatre, while for the director, this represents generalization of his distinctive talent and a way to his true expression”…
The production remained on the repertoire and it has always been performed for the theatre full to capacity; it toured Požarevac, Podgorica, Pančevo, Macedonia (Ohrid Summer Festival 2002), Novi Sad (Sterija Pozorje Festival 2003). Superb creation of demanding title role brought Vanja Ejdus the Sterija Award; Ksenija Jovanović won the Award of the Audience at the Seventh “Milivoje Živanović” Festival of Acting; while Aleksandar Srećković won the Best Actor of the Evening Award given by the Jury of Professionals. Besides Jagoš Marković, who directed and selected music for the production, the team of authors for this production comprises of Boris Maksimović, set designer; Bojana Nikitović, costume designer; Ivana Dimić, dramaturge; Ljiljana Mrkić Popović, PhD, stage speech. The cast at the premiere: Vanja Ejdus (Wife of Hassan-Aga); Marinko Madžgalj (Hassan-Aga); Radmila Živković (Hassan-Aga’s Mother); Aleksandar Srećković (Count Pintorović); Ksenija Jovanović (Mother of the Pintorovićs); Darko Tomović (Jusuf Efendi); Branislav Ciga Jerinić (Ahmed); Nenad Stojmenović (Suljo, Soldier); Igor Đorđević (Huso, soldier) and Stefan Kapičić (Musa). The same cast acted in all other performances, except for Srboljub Milin who played the role of Ahmed on six occasions and Nenad Radović and Igor Damljanović once played the roles of Suljo and Musa.

AWARDS:
VANJA EJDUS – STERIJA’S AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS