FIRMIN GEMIER SEEN BY OWN EYES

In 2006 in the editing house 'L'Age d'Homme' in Lausanne a book consisting of articles, performances, dialogues of the French theatrologist Firmin Gemier (1869-1933) was published. It was composed by Catherine Faivre-Zellner under the title 'Firmin Gémier - Theatre populaire, acte I'. Gemier's reflections and ideas comprehensively compiled together in this book served as an incentive for the author not to write an ordinary review, but based on this ground and with the help of this material, he created a study and where through a universal and versatile personality of Firmin Gemier his most important live achievements like 'Theatre National Ambulant' (National Touring Theatre), his mass performances -sometimes played under blue sky (open air), or in big halls - in Lausanne, Geneva, Paris (Cirque d'Hiver), next his 'Theatre National Populaire' - TNP (National Folk Theatre), as well as 'Societe Universelle du Theatre', which was established by Firmin Gemier and his fellow workers - it was an international association of theatricals between the two World Wars, could have been introduced to the Slovak readers.