Sisak
03-09-2013, 09:00 PM
The record for the longest run of a theatrical play with the same cast is for the play 'Exercises in Style' performed by Pero Kvrgic and Lela Margitic and directed by Tomislav Radic (all Croatia) from January 1970 to present. The play was accepted as a Guinness World Record for longest theatrical run with the same cast.
The opening night of this play was on 19 January 1968, but in 1970 the leading actress role passed from Mia Oremovic to Lela Margitic. There are no exact dates of this fact but it was on January 1970. The play is currently played on the Theater Planet Art in Zagreb. All the performances, from 1968, have taken place in Zagreb.
Exercises in Style are a world class phenomenon. The play had its opening night on 19 January 1968, and the current cast has been performing it together for 38 years. During the first year of performing Mia Oremović had been the first lady and was later replaced by Lela Margitić who, along with Pero Kvrgić, kept this remarkable play on the repertoire to this day. The play, as one of the finest representatives of an outstanding theatre era and due to its exceptional theatrical and acting quality which has lasted for 40 years, belongs on the very pinnacle of theatrical production worldwide.
It deals with an ordinary event from everyday life which, through the excellent interpretation of Pero Kvrgić and Lela Margitić in at least twenty different ways, becomes the ultimate comedy, exhilarating burlesque which attracts salvoes of laughter and delights with its acting virtuosity.
Thanks to the acting mastery of Lela Margitić and Pero Kvrgić, the play has remained attractive to audiences for 40 years and it never had problems with filling seats.
Due to the fact that the theatres in Croatia are of the repertoire type, the play has been performed over 1400 times to this day.
On 19 January 2008 the play Exercises in Style will celebrate 40 YEARS OF PERFORMING and 38 years of performing by the same cast.
http://www.planet-art.hr/en/predstave/raymond_queneau__stilske_vjezbe/2/14
The opening night of this play was on 19 January 1968, but in 1970 the leading actress role passed from Mia Oremovic to Lela Margitic. There are no exact dates of this fact but it was on January 1970. The play is currently played on the Theater Planet Art in Zagreb. All the performances, from 1968, have taken place in Zagreb.
Exercises in Style are a world class phenomenon. The play had its opening night on 19 January 1968, and the current cast has been performing it together for 38 years. During the first year of performing Mia Oremović had been the first lady and was later replaced by Lela Margitić who, along with Pero Kvrgić, kept this remarkable play on the repertoire to this day. The play, as one of the finest representatives of an outstanding theatre era and due to its exceptional theatrical and acting quality which has lasted for 40 years, belongs on the very pinnacle of theatrical production worldwide.
It deals with an ordinary event from everyday life which, through the excellent interpretation of Pero Kvrgić and Lela Margitić in at least twenty different ways, becomes the ultimate comedy, exhilarating burlesque which attracts salvoes of laughter and delights with its acting virtuosity.
Thanks to the acting mastery of Lela Margitić and Pero Kvrgić, the play has remained attractive to audiences for 40 years and it never had problems with filling seats.
Due to the fact that the theatres in Croatia are of the repertoire type, the play has been performed over 1400 times to this day.
On 19 January 2008 the play Exercises in Style will celebrate 40 YEARS OF PERFORMING and 38 years of performing by the same cast.
http://www.planet-art.hr/en/predstave/raymond_queneau__stilske_vjezbe/2/14