1950년대 사할린 조선순회극단 연구 - 러시아국립문학예술문서보관소(РГАЛИ) 자료에 기초하여 -

Abstract

This paper is a research on the formation and early movements of the “Sakhalin Touring Company(Корейский Южно-Сахалинский обла стной передвижной драматический театр)”, organized at Southern Sakhalin in 1948. The file about the Sakhalin Touring Company of the Russian national record center in Moscow is the main source of this article. Records about theater companies during the 1940’s to 50’s are made up of pictures and scripts. Among those, It is hard to find studies about the Sakhalin Touring Company. Therefore, this article was written based on records, not researched, nor opened to the academic world, which gives the paper academic value.<BR> The Sakhalin Touring Company quickly settled and developed due to support and participation of the North Korean, and Russian Korean art experts. In the late 1950’s it became a professional theatrical troupe, performing more than a hundred times a year. Not only Korean traditional plays like 『Hong-Gil-Dong』 or 『Heungbu and Nolbu』, but also original plays like 『The Doctor』 or 『Tiger Swallowtail』 were performed with dramatizations and creations.<BR> The document from the Russian national record center about the Sakhalin Touring Company is now assumed to be obtained by the National Archives of Korea. But, since not even the inventory is open to the public, it is difficult for researchers to access. The documents should be open for advanced research on the Touring Company.