Grecia. 6 Euro 2024 "Eugenios Spatharis" Proof (Senza prezzo di riserva)

Ο Eugenios Spatharis (1924–2009) was the great master of Greek shadow theatre and the son of the renowned Karagiozis performer Sotiris Spatharis. Beginning his career during the years of the Occupation, he continued throughout his life to give countless performances in Greece and abroad.

Eugenios Spatharis played a decisive role in making shadow theatre beloved by both children and adults, establishing it as a distinguished art form that offers not only entertainment but also education. Through his recordings and later television broadcasts, his works reached every Greek household, shaping generations of children and ensuring the survival of the genre into the modern era of contemporary media.

Spatharis enriched the traditional repertoire with new comic, historical, and mythological themes, and adapted ancient tragedies and comedies, as well as the Odyssey and Erotokritos, for the shadow theatre stage. He was a multi-talented artist: an important folk painter, as well as a set designer, costume designer, and director in theatrical adaptations of Karagiozis.

The intellectual legacy of the Spatharis family is preserved and continued by the Spathario Museum, founded by Eugenios in Marousi.