The remarkable Lithuanian theatre director and reformer Juozas Miltinis (1907-1994) during almost forty years (1940-1979) was been the head and leader of the Panevėžys State Drama Theatre, which was founded in Lithuania at the end of 1940. Juozas Miltinis has learned acting at Independent Republic of Lithuania, two seasons (1931-1933) was rather successfully playing at the Šiauliai State Theatre, where was subtued owing to dogmas of obsolete realism. In 1933 the restless young actor Miltinis leaved Lithuania and went to Paris. An the capital of France he entered into theatre's school „Atelje“. There his teacher was well known in Europe French director Charles Dullin. Studies were very fruitful. Before II World War Miltinis has returned in Kaunas with his own theatre's idea. It must be realize as national intellectual and conseptional new forms theatre, based on earnest repertoire of XX century – plays of W. Shakespeare, H. Ibsen, A. Chekhov, A. Strindberg, L. Pirandello, B. Shaw, - once and for all decided Miltinis. Miltinis realized his idea at Panevėžys States Drama Theatre with his pupils – young actors and actresses. A few of them became famous Lithuanian actors: Donatas Banionis, Bronius Babkauskas, Stasys Petronaitis, Algimantas Masiulis have played many wonderful roles as in theatre, both in Lithuania and foreign films. Miltinis has worked out an original system of artistic education. There are organical and consistent combinations of classical and free educations' philosophical principles. The most important of them are: a) the wide enlightenment of actors and spectators well grounded on the selected classical and modern literature and dramatic works. This directions were embodied at Miltinis' historical performances A. Chekhov's „Ivanov“ (1960), W. Shakespeare's „Macbeth“ (1961), H. Ibsen's „Gedda Gabler“ (1972), A. Strindberg's „The Dance of Death“ (1973), which finely reflected social existential experience of the time, liberated public consciousness. Originality of theatrical language was also perceived as a possibility of choice for tragic hero. b) the successive creation of new type's actor, who „must at once be philosopher and acrobat“. Miltinis formed every artistic individuality as a highly cultivaited person, who is able to explore his role psychologically and to play it as discovery of acting, as miracle of frankness. c) the development of artists' and public's free way of thinking, what helps to understand political and social appearances of life, considerable part of artist at society. An that work are used up minds and thoughts of Schiller, Goethe, Tolstoj, Freud, Stanislavskij, Meierchold, Lithuanian philosophers, critics, actors and, of course, Lithuanian theatre's legend – himself master Juozas Miltinis.Švietimo akademijaVytauto Didžiojo universiteta
