August 13, 1962 - Performance THEATRE LONGOS

On August 13, 1962, THEATRE LONGOS presented the play "THE ENGAGEMENTS" "The Engagements" (Τα Αρραβωνιάσματα) is a modern Greek play from 1925, "an ethnographic drama in three acts," by author Dimitris Bogris. Until the end of the 20th century, it was one of the most frequently performed plays in the modern Greek repertoire. As a theatrical genre, it belongs to naturalistic ethnography. Its main scenes are picturesque and vividly Greek in character.

Dimitris Bogris was born in Athens on December 26, 1890. He was a Greek playwright, screenwriter, and journalist.

His work "The Engagements" was honored with the Kotopouli and Averof prizes (1924) and established itself in the modern Greek repertoire with its performance at the National Theater, directed by Dimitris Rontiris. Bogris wrote many plays, the most important of which are: The Doctor Mavridis (1921), Loves (1923), The Bourini (1935), New Life (1936), Stormy Seas (1937), Everything Will Change (1938), Darkness in Epachto (1941), Dawn (1948), and many others. Alongside theater, he was involved in prose writing, screenwriting, and radio sketches. He was a skilled craftsman, ethnographer, and moralist. His entire body of work falls within the realm of modern Greek ethnographic production. Les œuvres de Dimitris Bogris ont été jouées sur les plus grandes scènes théâtrales (Mousouri, Kotopouli, A. Laimos, Ethnikos, etc.), mises en scène par les plus grands du genre (Alexis Minotis, Dimitris Rontiris, Pelos Katselis, Adamantios Lemos, Lambros Kostopoulos, Kostis Michailidis, Raya Mouzenidou, etc.) et interprétés par des acteurs de renom tels que : Aimilios Veakis, Vasso Manolidou, Alexis Minotis, Manos Katrakis, Christoforos Nezer, Rita Mousouri, Elli Lambeti, etc. Aujourd'hui, ses pièces continuent d'être jouées par différentes troupes, comme des œuvres d'art ethnographiques exceptionnelles et intemporelles. Dimitris Bogris died on July 28, 1964, in Athens.