EDUCATIONAL AND ENLIGHTENING ACTIVITIES OF AMATEUR THEATERS IN EASTERN GALICIA (THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIXth – THE BEGINNING OF THE XXth CENTURY)

Abstract

The article deals with the study of the formation and the development of amateur theaters and dramatic circles in Eastern Galicia in the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The particular attention has been drawn to the study of its educational and enlightening activities. The role of amateur theaters and circles in the formation of national identity of children and youth of Galicia has been revealed. It has been found out that amateur circles and theaters had a pronounced national character and served as the center of cultural and spiritual unity of the Ukrainian people.