Rūta Society ( Lithuanian : Vilniaus lietuvių kultūros draugija „Rūta“ ) was a Lithuanian cultural society in Vilnius (Vilna, Wilno), then part of the Russian Empire , active from 1909 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It organized various events, including lectures, literary evenings, and musical performances, but it is most noted for its contribution to the development of the Lithuanian theater. In total, Rūta staged about 50 plays.
18-484: The official permission to establish Rūta was received on 25 September 1908 and the founding meeting took place on 11 January 1909. At that time the society registered 66 members and elected a 12-member board, which included Jonas Masiulis [ lt ] (chairman), Andrius Domaševičius (vice-chairman), Mykolas Sleževičius (secretary), Donatas Malinauskas (treasurer), Jonas Basanavičius , and Jurgis Šlapelis [ lt ] . The membership dues were set at
36-480: A Latvian subsidiary of the Gramophone Company recorded Tautiška giesmė and eight other patriotic songs. The singers were little trained – their voices were loud but enthusiastic. Another recording of 20 songs by Lithuanian composers was made in 1914. Together with a symphonic orchestra , the choir performed cantata "De profundis" by Čiurlionis in 1913. The theater group with Mykolas Sleževičius
54-585: A few months. In 1899, Przybyszewski abandoned Dagny and set up house with Jadwiga in Warsaw . Around this time he was also involved with Aniela Pająkówna , one of whose two daughters was Przybyszewski's. Dagny returned to Paris and was murdered by a young friend of hers, Władysław Emeryk, in Tbilisi in 1901. In 1905, Przybyszewski and Jadwiga moved to Toruń (Thorn) where he attempted rehabilitation from his problems with alcohol . While there, Jadwiga's divorce
72-520: A minimum of four rubles per year. Sleževičius was the main driving force behind the society – he established a cultural society of the same name as a law student at the Odessa University . During the first year, the number of members grew to 192 and the society held 33 evenings (mostly dance) and four lectures. In 1910, the society organized 89 events. The society had a group for singers, dancers, music players, and theater performers. Many of
90-585: A model for Edvard Munch ), sometimes in Berlin and at others in Dagny's hometown of Kongsvinger , in Norway. In Berlin they met other artists at Zum schwarzen Ferkel . In 1896, he was arrested in Berlin on suspicion of the murder of his common-law wife Martha, but released after it was determined that she had died of carbon monoxide poisoning . After Martha's death the children were sent to different foster homes. In
108-708: A result, many plays were significantly cut. For example, Živilė, duktė Karijoto lost the entire first section and many scenes. The theater shift from simple comedies to historical dramas revealed limitations of the amateur theater and the need of a professional Lithuanian theater. To that end, in September 1910, the theater group separated from Rūta and joined the theater group of the Lithuanian Mutual Aid Society of Vilnius to form an independent Lithuanian Artists' Union of Vilnius ( Vilniaus lietuvių artistų sąjunga ) which two years later established
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144-608: The autumn of 1898, he and Dagny moved to Kraków where he set himself up as the leader of a group of revolutionary young artists and as editor of their mouthpiece Życie (Life). He remained a fervent apostle of industrialism and self-expression. He travelled to Lviv in today's Ukraine (then Austrian Lemberg, Polish name had been Lwów) and visited the poet and playwright Jan Kasprowicz . Przybyszewski started an affair with Kasprowicz's wife Jadwiga Gąsowska. Kasprowicz had married Jadwiga, his second wife, in 1893; his first marriage to Teodozja Szymańska in 1886 had ended in divorce after
162-414: The first theater company . The union and the company closely cooperated with Rūta and staged many new plays. Lithuanian activists hoped that it would become the basis for the professional Lithuanian theater, but it faced financial difficulties and internal disagreements, paid no heed to theater education and hoped that practice would be enough. The last play, modernist The Snow by Stanisław Przybyszewski ,
180-471: The first character; please check alternative capitalizations and consider adding a redirect here to the correct title. If the page has been deleted, check the deletion log , and see Why was the page I created deleted? Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Masiulis " Stanis%C5%82aw Przybyszewski Stanisław Przybyszewski ( Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf pʂɨbɨˈʂɛfskʲi] ; 7 May 1868 – 23 November 1927)
198-745: The offices of the President. He lived in rooms in the old Royal Castle . In 1927, he returned to the Kujawy region and died in Jaronty in November of that year, aged 59. He wrote a number of successful novels, of which Homo Sapiens , the most popular, has been translated into English. Przybyszewski is considered to be the precursor of contemporary (twentieth-century) intellectual Satanism. August Strindberg called him "a brilliant Pole" ("der geniale Pole") and said that he "influenced German literature in
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234-651: The position of director of a literary theatre, but his work with German political brochures during the war prevented the appointment. He got a job working as a German translator for the post office. In 1920, he found work in the Free City of Danzig ( Gdańsk ) with the railways. He lived in Gdańsk until 1924 and managed a Polish bookshop there. Afterwards, he tried to settle in Toruń (Thorn), Zakopane , and Bydgoszcz — all without success. At last, he found work in Warsaw , in
252-681: Was a Polish novelist, dramatist, and poet of the decadent naturalistic school. His drama is associated with the Symbolist movement . He wrote both in Polish and in German. Stanisław Feliks Przybyszewski was born in Łojewo (Lohdorf) near Kruszwica (Kruschwitz) during the partitions of Poland. The son of a local teacher, Józef Przybyszewski, Stanisław attended a German gymnasium in Toruń (Thorn), graduating in 1889. He left for Berlin , where he first studied architecture and then medicine. It
270-468: Was finalized and they married on 11 April 1905. Przybyszewski's struggle with alcoholism continued till his death. In 1906, the couple moved to Munich , thanks to the money obtained through the sale of the manuscript of the play Śluby ( The Vows ). During the war, they lived for a short time in Bohemia ( Czech Lands ) and moved to newly re-established Poland in 1919. In Poznań (Posen) he applied for
288-852: Was particularly active. It also included Gabrielius Landsbergis-Žemkalnis , Antanas Žmuidzinavičius , and others. The backdrop was painted by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis in June 1909. It has survived and is preserved at the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum and commemorated by a fresco inside the former theater of Rūta. The group, which was active even before Rūta was officially organized, staged several plays, most notably historical dramas Mindaugis, Lietuvos karalius by Juliusz Słowacki ( Mindaugas , King of Lithuania ; premiered on 27 April 1908) and Živilė, duktė Karijoto by Vincas Nagornoskis ( Živilė, Daughter of Karijotas ; premiered on 4 January 1909). The plays had to be approved by Russian censors who diligently removed any anti-Russian sentiments. As
306-1027: Was performed on 10 May 1914. Further activities were disrupted by World War I. Jonas Masiulis Look for Jonas Masiulis on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Jonas Masiulis in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
324-420: Was there that he became fascinated by the philosophy of Nietzsche , began referring to himself as a Satanist and immersed himself into the bohemian life of the city. In Berlin he lived with, but did not marry, Martha Foerder. They had had three children together; two before he left her to marry Dagny Juel on 18 August 1893 and one during his marriage to Dagny. From 1893 to 1898 he lived with Dagny (formerly
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