Valstybės teatro garbės ženklas : istorija ir apdovanotieji

LTStraipsnyje nagrinėjama tarpukario Lietuvoje įsteigto Valstybės teatro garbės ženklo istorija. Nors apie šį ženklą buvo ne kartą rašyta, taip pat jis įkomponuotas ir į Auksinį scenos kryžių (teikiamas nuo 2004 m.), tačiau žinių apie jį buvo labai mažai. Straipsnyje atskleista šio ženklo įsteigimo data, jo dailininkas, pateikiamas apdovanotų asmenų sąrašas bei kita su juo sietina informacija. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Valstybės teatras; Latvijos nacionalinis teatras; Garbės ženklas; Apdovanojimas; Aktoriai; Lithuanian State Theatre; Latvian National Theatre; Badge of honour; Award; Actor.

ENThe article is presenting the history of the inter-war Lithuanian State Theatre Badge of Honour. The badge was designed by Balys Lukošius, who was an actor and the Director of the Lithuanian State Theatre. The badge was firstly presented on the Lithuanian Independence Day, 16 February 1937. The first person awarded the honorary badge of the Lithuanian State Theatre was the President of Lithuania Antanas Smetona. The first theatre artists awarded this badge were from Latvia, they were decorated on 25 February 1937. There were two kinds of the Badge of Honour – Class I (gold) and Class II (silver). In the period of 16 February 1937 to 16 February 1939, 68 individuals were awarded this badge: 56 from Lithuania, 8 from Latvia, 4 from Estonia. The ceremony of decoration with the State Theatre Badge of Honour planned for 16 February 1940 did not take place – possibly because Viktoras Žadeika, who was the Director and Chairman of the Board of the Lithuanian State Theatre, resigned from his position on 1 May 1939. [From the publication]