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# Aeschylus's "The Persians" at the National Greek Theatre in 1934
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/postanovka-persov-eskhilla-v-natsionalnom-grecheskom-teatre-v-1934-godu/
- Published: 2026-01-21T05:34:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:27:17.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Heritage, People

Aeschylus's "The Persians" at the National Greek Theatre in 1934\. One of the last works of the director Fotos Politis (1890–1934). On stage: Ioannis Avlonitis, Georgios Glinos, Tsavalas Karousos.

The founding of the National Theatre in the spring of 1930 was of great significance for cultural life in Greece.

In the early period of its activity the National Theatre had ample resources: state subsidies, satisfactory stage equipment in the restored building on Saint Constantine Street, and regulations capable of ensuring the institution's uninterrupted operation and a relative autonomy.

From 1932 to December 1934 Fotos Politis staged some thirty plays, ancient dramas and works by foreign authors, mostly classics but also more modern pieces, sometimes on his own, more rarely together with his assistant and successor Dimitris Rontiris. He used ancient drama on the modern stage and interpreted the classics in depth, restoring to life forgotten elements of the Greek cultural heritage.

Alas, the theatre in its original form did not last long: it came to an end with the start of the German occupation in 1941.