The performance “The Princess”, historical drama – Maska Herceg Novi, (Off program, domestic production) will be performed on the stage of the Park Hall, on Monday, April 27, starting at 8 pm, as part of the program of the 31st HAPS.

Text and direction: Jelena Kajgo
Work with actors: Slađana Vujović
Costume: Višnja Žilić
Scenography: Ivana Vučković

In the play, Milic Lučić and Dejan Đonović play the strikingly described roles of Princess Xenia and her father Nikola Petrović Njegoš, prince and king of Montenegro.

“Princess” was also the graduation performance of a young and talented woman from Herceg Novi, Milica Lučić, at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, who joined the constellation of actors, film and theater creators who emerged in our city.

Ksenija Petrović – Njegoš was born in 1881, as the eighth daughter of the Montenegrin ruler, Prince Nikola Petrović Njegoš. Serious, ambitious, eager to learn and with a curious spirit, Ksenia early began to show individuality, sharpness of judgment, persistence and principledness. She traveled often, in Montenegro as well as in European metropolises where her sisters lived. She was extremely devoted to her father. Although princes from European courts showed interest in her, Xenia never wanted to marry, choosing independence and political activities rather than family life.

She was the first female photographer in the Balkans, and the first female driver in the Balkans. She made thousands of photographs of significant content and artistic quality. Since she was exiled from her homeland at the age of 35 along with the entire ruling family, those photos brought her back to her homeland, which she missed terribly. She never returned to Montenegro, although she dreamed about it for the rest of her life.

“I was lucky that the young and gifted Milica Lučić brought the character of Xenia cheerfully and confidently and brought us back to the happy and carefree life of the Petrović family in Cetinje. On the other hand, I certainly could not have wished for a better actor for the character of King Nikola than Dejan Đonović, who gives his hero strength, determination, charisma, but also a caring attitude towards his daughter, so who delicately and with great acting ease illuminates the other side of the ruler, which is the role poet and father,” points out Jelena Kajgo.

You can buy tickets at the price of 8 euros at the ticket office of the Park Hall, as well as online: hercegfestulaznice.me