THE LAW OF ZAGORA
Drama
Ivan Leo Lemo

95 minutes

THE LAW OF ZAGORA

The hit play "Zakon Zagore," by author and director Ivan Leo Lemo, from the City Youth Theatre Split, is on stage on July 25th.

THE LAW OF ZAGORA

The Law of Zagora is a new play by author and director Ivan Leo Lemo, in which he continues to unravel the identity knots of the city of Split and its audience. After the hit plays Cabaret Splićanke and Split in Space, which sought the contemporary, urban pulse of our city and its citizens through the Split dialect and narrative mapping of Split neighborhoods, The Law of Zagora brings, in the so-called Vlach dialect, the love story of Ante and Anđelija. This is not a typical love story and, in many ways, defies the stereotypical view of these Split immigrants, known as Vlachs, who descended from the Dalmatian hinterland to Split in search of a better future. Their migration greatly influenced the growth and development of Split, enriching its identity and bringing some specificities and symptoms to it. There is a special focus on the character of Anđelija, portrayed in this production by six actresses representing six life periods. In a way, she is similar to Anđa, whose soul was breathed into by the giants of Croatian literature, Ivo Brešan and Miljenko Smoje. This is our tribute and gratitude to these bards and teachers. We have taken over their "dramatic relay" and brought that heroine Anđa into the digital age. Namely, the plot of The Law of Zagora covers the period from 1945 to the present day, up to 2023, so in addition to the intimate history of the characters, it also brings the socio-political history of these turbulent corners of ours. Through a melodramatic thread, comic but also tragicomic scenes of destinies familiar and unfamiliar to us all are interwoven, in which we can recognize and finally get to know our ancestors and ourselves. The ensemble of the City Youth Theatre, bolstered by guest actors, will reveal to you what happened behind some exciting family and historical circumstances. We will introduce you to some heroes and antiheroes who arrived at the sea with hoes and, we hope, as usual, amuse and entertain you.

Author and Director

Ivan Leo Lemo

Set Designer

Vesna Režić

Costume Designer

Marko Marosiuk

Collaborator for dramaturgy and stage movement

Ana Gruica Uglešić

Composer

Zvonimr Dusper

Assistant Set Designer

Nina Kuzmić

Light Designer

Elvis Butković

Sound Designer

Tomislav Topić

Voice recording

Studio “Spalaton” Leo Škaro

Set design creation

Boris Križanović

Tailoring work

Smilja Penić

Make-up

Dolores Žanko

Hair

Ivica Šuljak

Wardrobe

Ružica Lerotić, Snježana Ilić Mustapić

Technical manager

Siniša Čović

Photography

Nemi Bulat

Video

Andrija Jurčević (AP studio)

Graphic processing

Pavle Sviličić (Parallel design)

Anđelija

Lidija Florijan

Anđelija

Ana Gruica Uglešić

Anđelija

Mia Vladović

Anđelija

Nada Kovačević

Anđelija

Ivana Gudelj

Anđelija

Andrea Mladinić

Ante

Matija Grabić

Voice of the radio announcer

Ivo Perkušić

Children Voices

Mikula i Jadran Vladović

Adult Josip's Voice

Tomislav Topić

Voice of Petar Krešimir Pehar

Siniša Čović

Tito's Voice

Ivan Leo Lemo