May 21, 1950 - Performance THEATRE LONGOS

On May 21, 1950, THEATRE LONGOS presented the play „The Beloved of the Shepherdess“ „The Beloved of the Shepherdess“ (Ο αγαπητικός της Βοσκοπούλας) is a play by Dimitrios Koromilas, written in 1891.

Dimitrios Koromilas was born in Athens on April 11, 1850 (Gregorian calendar). He was a Greek playwright, journalist, and publisher. He is considered to have revitalized Greek theater of his time and to have established the comic and dramatic romance genres in Greece with his two best-known works, "The Fate of Maroula" (1889) and "The Beloved of the Shepherdess".

Biography Son of publisher Andreas Koromilas and brother of Lambros Koromilas, he grew up in a literary environment and studied literature in France and Germany, where he had the opportunity to come into contact with European literature. He continued the family tradition of publishing by publishing and editing the progressive newspaper Efimeris (October 1873) together with Ioannis Kampouroglou, the first daily newspaper in Athens. However, D. Koromilas became widely known as a playwright. He wrote over 50 plays covering all theatrical genres and ensuring public acceptance. His plays were staged by the major theatre companies of the time (the Tavoulari-Pantopoulos company and later Christomanos' New Stage) and some continue to be successful even today. Koromilas established two new theatrical genres, the comedy and the dramatic romance, with the plays "The Luck of Maroula" (1889) and "The Beloved of the Shepherdess" (1891). He stated that "the mission of comedy is to depict true social life, while at the same time illuminating it from above with the ideal light of art." Indicative of Koromilas' popularity is the selection of his play "The Death of Pericles" for the premiere of the then Royal Theater (1901), as well as the adaptation of the plays "The Fate of Maroula" (1912) and "The Shepherdess's Lover" (1932) to the cinema with enormous success. In more recent years, "The Fortune of Maroula" has been directed by some of the most important Greek directors, notably Karolos Koun and the Karolos Koun Art Theater in 1974. Dimitrios Koromilas died in Athens on July 20, 1898 (Gregorian calendar).