Juozas Glinskis

They cross the protective boundaries of “common sense”; the play’s dramaturgic dynamics are based on shadings and manifestations of evil.

In terms of style, that is a sarcastic grotesque, an anti-psychological caricature, a subconscious hysteria, and a combination of folkloric “native” motives and overshot of lyricism and romantic emotion.

These and other J. Glinskis’ plays demanded new means of expression from the Lithuanian theatre: naked passions, harsh validation of matter, superiority of metaphors, and avant-garde challenges.

J.Glinskis newest drama „Vieno Tėvo Vaikai“ (Children of One Father) received the highest Lithuanian award from the directors of the expert commission - 1000 years Lithuania Glinskis and his family were engaged the Lithuanian pro-independence political movement Sąjūdis, acting against the suppression of the Soviet dictatorship and has been a delegate of Sąjūdis.

His 1968 soviet critical play "Pasivaikščiojimas mėnesienoje“ (A walk in the moonlight), that presented the members and leaders of the communist party as mental house inmates, was under conspiracy circumstances brought to the USA, with help by Andrei Sakharov.