Scenography of Zadar Puppet Theatre

Abstract

The author discusses the development of scenography and puppet design in Zadar Puppet Theatre in the context of Croatian puppeteering in the second half of the 20th century. Reconstruction of visual poetics starts with the analysis of first scenographies in 1950s and 1960s and with the analysis of initial attempts to regard scenography as an equal component of scenic expression along with animation, particularly with speech. The paper also includes some less known information about the greatest Croatian puppet theater scenography master, Mojmir Mihatov, who had his own unique way of designing puppet theater scene in accordance with different perception of scenic art.