Lemos Theater
The Lemos Theatrical Company was a theatrical company formed in 1944. It is named after the actor Adamantios Lemos.
The founding of Thiasos Lemos
On June 14, 1944, Adamantios Lemos and Mary Giatra Lemou founded the Lemos Theatrical Company. Lemos was still with the armed forces in the Middle East when he was in exile and was unable to have a theatrical company that has his own name, the theatrical company was actually known as Mairi Lemou Company., Masura, Zayazik, Kafr el-Zayat, Suez, Port Said which was planned in the Metropolitan winter theatre and at Moasat in Alexandria:23 works that were played in 302 performances were:
- Ladislas Fodor
- Charles Marais
- The Falcon by Francis de Croizier
- Seat 47 by Louis Bernouilles
- Georges Tourner
- Pierre Wolf
- Paul Geraldi
- Émile Zole
- Erotic Adventures by de Fler and Cavialler
- Dario Nikodemi
- Arnold and Bach
- Brue
- Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill
- Anton Chekhov
- And in Greek:
- Ta arravoniasmata and Bourini by Dimitris Bogris
- To Fidanaki by Pantelis Horn and Dimitris Bogri
- That's What I Am by Th. Sinodinou
- O Pirasmos by Grigorios Xenopoulos
- Na zi to Mesolongi by Vassilis Rotas
Actors at Mairi Lemou Theatrical Company
- Mairi Giatra Lemou
- Adamantios Lemos
- Giorgos Politis
- Kostas Magis
- Alekos Kalogiannis
- Yiannis Nikolaidis
- Kiki Persi
- Labis Mashalidis
- Fofo Paschalidou
- Kostas Kostantiou
- M. Cernovic
- Keti Voutsaki
- Giorgos Iordanidis
- Mary Karmina
- Rita Thersi, Stavros Dinou
- Em. Emmanouil
- D. Stavridakis
From January until August 1945, the Mary Lemou Theatrical Company practiced acts in Egyptian cities including Mansura, Zayazik, Tada, Port Said, Suex, Karfer Zayat and returned to Alexandria where it gave its last farewell presentations at the Metropolitan Theatre on Wednesday, August 8, 1945.
Adamantios Lemos returned to Greece from Egypt in the summer of 1947 and made the Lemos Theatrical Company and began the presentations at the Palladio Theatre in Kallithea with the scope of discovery and searchlight on new postwar theatrical strengths.
Later at the Palladio with planned luck, Lemos indicated a property north of the central Thisseos Avenue in Kallithea in which the person that showed the conversion in which some of his works with his equipment with Lemos' costs. The symphony did the extinguishing in which many became works and were around 20% above in uncleaned receipts. Lemos put his economy which he took and a paid amount from the Working Fund.
May–September 1949 - The theatrical company for the second time at Dionyssia Theatre in Kallithea. He began with the first presented work of Sotiris Patatzis and presented in several first presented works:
Konta sto Theo by Rois Varoussiadou
- Enas apo emas by Gerassimos Stavros
- To Fioro tou Levante by Grigoris Xenopoulos
- To klidi tis eftyhias by Pavlina Petrovatou
- To Meltemaki by Pantelis Horn
- Apagogi tis Smaragdos by Mihalis Kounelakis
- Tatanik Vals by Th. Musatesko
- Kiss Me by Tristan Bernard
- Dario Nicodemi
- Florence Barclay
May–September 1950 : at the Dionyssia Theatre in Kallithea, Lemos continued to present Greek works by new writers, it even had the discovery of Iakovos Kambanellis with the work: Horos pano sta stahia.
Works included:
- I Theatrini - Alekos Galanois, director: Karolos Coon:
- To Makrino Tragoudi by Manthos Ketsis
- O Kir. Sofoklis politevete
- Idiorrithmi siziyi by Minas Petridis
- Mayiki Ravdos by G. Koundouris
- Adamantios Lemos
- Maria Giatra Lemou
- Maria Giatra Lemou
- Maria Giannakopoulou
- Nikos Efthymiou
- Alexis Damianos
- Stavros Xenidis
- Eva Evangelidou
- Eleni Stragala
- Vikros Pavlatos
- Maroula Rota
- Rena Margari
- Rika Galani
- Julia Bouka
- Dimitris Kalivokas
- Artemis Matsas
- Margarita Yeraldou
- Kostas Dimitriou
- Floros Stratos
- Giorgos Kambanellis
- Giorgos Koundouris
- Giorgos Theodossiadis
- Sotiris Patatzis
- I Theatrini and To party tou Polyniki by Alekos Galanos
- Nyftiako tragoudi by Notis Pergialis
- Enas apo mas by Gerassimos Stavros and ten other works by the repertory,
Visits of Lemos Theatrical Company in Egypt and Sudan
Between October 1952 and April 1953, it started in Alexandria. It premiered on October 24 at the Casablanca Theatre with the work of Tristan Bernard and included 12 works from the repertory.Adamantios Lemos in "Piraean Council" in Piraeus
November 1953 – April 1954 : The theatrical company performed at Peraikou Sindesmou Theatre. It began on November 18. Its works included"- Maurice Brandel and Anita Hart
- Eftheia ke Tethlasmeni by D. Psatha and G. Roussou
- Otto Schwartz
- O Giorgaras by Th. Sinadinou
- Ladislaus Fodos
- T' Arravoniasmata by D. Bogria
- Mia kiria Atihisassa by Sakellariou-Giannakopoulou
- Apagori tis Smaragdos by M. Kounelaki
- Dario Nicodemi
- Charles DeVinois A total of 15 works.
- Adamantios Lemos
- Mary Giatra Lemou
- Giorgos Loukakis
- Spyros Konstantopoulos
- G. Tsitsopoulos
- Thanassis Kedrakas
- Spyros Kalogirou
- Tassos Politopoulos
- Lambros Kotsiris
- Spyros Papafrantzis
- Th. Aronis
- Hr. Anastasiadis
- Kostas Korassidis
- Chr. Nazos
- G. Pappas
- Ida Christinaki
- Evi Pollu
- Yiania Olymbiou
- Sapfo Notara
- Ekali Sokkou
- Lola Filippidou
- Lia Samiotaki
- Katia Athanassiou
- Chr. Karali
- Ourania Ioannou
October 1954 – April 1955 (winter period) at Peiraikos Syndesmou Theatre
- Nyftiako Tragoudi by N Pergiali
- Tristan Bernard
- O Babas Ekpedevete by Spyros Melas
- De Fler and Callaver
- Arnold and Bach
- O Agapidikos tis Voskopoulas by D. Koromilas
- I Kassiani by Dimitris Giannoukakis
- Jean De Letrages
- T'Arravoniasmata by D. Bogris
Actors and actresses
- Adamantios Lemos
- Maria Giatra-Lemou
- Kostas Rigopoulos
- Sapfo Notara
- Giorgos Loukakis
- Nikos Efthymiou
- Spyros Kostantopoulos
- Nassos Kerdakas
- Tassos Politopoulos
- Spyros Kalogyrou
- Efy Polly
- Yianna Olymbiou
- Ekali Sokou
- Marika Anthopoulou
- Lola Filippidou
- Thodoris Triandafillidis
- Ida Christinaki
- Spyros Papafrantzis
- Labros Kotsiris
- Kostas Korassidis
- Keti Chronopoulou
- Christos Anastasiadis
- Thanos Aronis
- Lia Samiotaki
- Ch. Nazos
- Christina Karali
- Mirka Raizi
- K. Athanasiou
- M. Athanasiou
- Ourania Ioannou
- I limni ton Dollarion by D. Tzefroni
- Otto Schwartz
- O Fataoulas
- Charles Nevinois