test «ΑΥΤΟ ΖΗΤΑΕΙ Ο ΛΑΟΣ, ΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΠΑΕΙ ΜΕ ΠΑΘΟΣ ΤΟ ΘΕΑΤΡΟ». ΟΙ ΚΡΙΤΙΚΕΣ ΘΕΑΤΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΙΚΟΓΛΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΡΙΖΟΣΠΑΣΤΗ (1945-1947) [«THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT, WHO LOVE THEATRE WITH PASSION». THE THEATRE REVIEWS OF GIORGOS SEVASTIKOGLOU IN THE NEWSPAPER RIZOSPASTIS (1945-1947)]|ΠΑΡΑΒΑΣΙΣ/PARABASIS

«ΑΥΤΟ ΖΗΤΑΕΙ Ο ΛΑΟΣ, ΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΠΑΕΙ ΜΕ ΠΑΘΟΣ ΤΟ ΘΕΑΤΡΟ». ΟΙ ΚΡΙΤΙΚΕΣ ΘΕΑΤΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΙΚΟΓΛΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΡΙΖΟΣΠΑΣΤΗ (1945-1947) [«THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT, WHO LOVE THEATRE WITH PASSION». THE THEATRE REVIEWS OF GIORGOS SEVASTIKOGLOU IN THE NEWSPAPER RIZOSPASTIS (1945-1947)]

Εξώφυλλο Παράβασις Τόμ. 20 / Cover Parabasis Vol. 20
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Published: Nov 24, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681//.43345
Tasos Angelopoulos
Abstract

The article presents and analyzes the reviews that the director, dramatist and translator, Giorgos Sevastikoglou (1913-1990) wrote in Rizospastis, the official newspaper of the Greek Communist Party, during the Greek Civil War (from 1945 to 1947). Through his reviews, not only he emerges as a connoisseur of the world theatre history and trends of his time, but he also develops a strong ideological vision for theatre and theatre criticism itself: theatre’s task is to guide and express the popular spectator. The critic, therefore, is the interpreter of the will of a specific kind of public and, based on this, Giorgos Sevastikoglou analyzes a wide range of performances, mainly arguing that form innovations on stage should also incorporate the appropriate, for this spectator, content.

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Author Biography
Tasos Angelopoulos

Tasos Angelopoulos is a PhD holder in Theatre Studies (School of Drama, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - AUTh) and Director. His educational background includes a Law Degree (AUTh), a MA in Sociology (AUTh), a BA and a MA in Theatre Studies (School of Drama, AUTh), and studies in Puppetry (National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria). He currently teaches at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School and has previously taught in university departments (undergraduate and postgraduate level) both in Greece and abroad. He has authored articles published in international and Greek journals and has participated in numerous conferences and workshops. His books, published by Sophia Publications, include: Playing Theatre (Παίζοντας Θέατρο) (2016), Playing Theatre with History (Παίζοντας θέατρο με την Ιστορία) (2018), Theatre and Politics: The State Theatre of Northern Greece during the Occupation (Θέατρο και πολιτική, Το Κρατικό Θέατρο Θεσσαλονίκης στην Κατοχή) (2021), Theatre and Society: The Contribution of Intellectual Thessaloniki to the Establishment of the National Theatre of Northern Greece (NTNG) (Θέατρο και κοινωνία. Η συμβολή της πνευματικής Θεσσαλονίκης στην ίδρυση του ΚΘΒΕ) (2022), The Theatre of the Left: From the Mountains of the Resistance and the Civil War to Exile (Το Θέατρο της Αριστεράς. Από τα βουνά της Αντίστασης και του Εμφυλίου στην Υπερορία) (2022). His book Pozorišne i umetničke aktivnosti političkih izbeglica iz Grčke u Istočnoj Evropi 1945-1956 (Theatre and Artistic Activities of Greek Political Refugees in Eastern Europe 1945-1956) was published by the Theatre Museum of Vojvodina. He has directed more than 30 theatre performances. His research interests include: the relation between theatre, society, and politics, Applied Theatre, Forms of Postdramatic Theatre, Acting Education in Greece and internationally.