The production was a joint collaboration of the actors in Semič. There were Potokar, Presetnik, Gale and Starc, and Vida Levstik as the new addition to the Semič group. Dušan Moravec wrote about A Marriage Proposal as follows: »... a witty comedy whose acting also marked the biggest success of the week. Witty and flowing dialogue, a satirical edge exposing the rotten state of affairs in Tzarist Russia, Klopčič's skilled translation, Potokar's direction pulling it all together into a coherent whole. Vida Levstik ... is capable, in her voice as well as in acting, of a great range of registers and precision of expression of demanding emotional nuances .... She deserves to be seen in a bigger role soon.« (Jože Gale, Actors Came, 1996) Later Draga Ahačič took on her part. The Partisans enjoyed the acting of their comrades. »We felt as though one shouldn't forget that Partisans, all their trials and tribulations notwithstanding, are also very happy people.« (Filip Kalan, The Wind of Joy, 1975).
Scene from the one-act play, Ema Starc in the role of Popova, France Presetnik in the role of Smirnov
Scene from the one-act play, Ema Starc in the role of Popova, France Presetnik in the role of Smirnov, Stane Česnik in the role of Luka
Scene from the one-act play, France Presetnik in the role of Smirnov, Ema Starc in the role of Popova
Scene from the one-act play, France Presetnik in the role of Smirnov, Ema Starc in the role of Popova
Scene from the one-act play, Stane Česnik in the role of Luka, Nace Simončič in the role of Peasant, Drago Makuc in the role of Peasant, France Presetnik in the role of Smirnova, Ema Starc in the role of Popova
Scene from the one-act play at the meeting held by the haystack in the village of Bušinja in August 1944
Joint performance programme for The Bear and A Marriage Proposal, published after the war
Page out of the original script
Premiere June 25, 1944 / A grotesque in one act / The title of the original: Медведь
Director Lojze Potokar
Translator Mile Klopčič
Scenography Filip Kalan Kumbatovič and Branko Simčič
Jelena Ivanovna Popova, young landowner Ema Starc
Grigorij Stepanovič Smirnov, landowner France Presetnik
Luka, lady Popova 's footman Stane Česnik
Inspicient Nace Simončič