Stevan "Saraga" Lukačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван "Сарага" Лукачевић; 1860-1932) was a Montenegrin politician, merchant and actor. He served as mayor of Podgorica between 1893 and 1895.

Stevan Lukačević
Stevan Lukačević
Mayor of Podgorica
In office
1893–1895
Preceded byMarko Pejanović
Succeeded byStevan Raičković
Personal details
Born1860
Died1932
Occupationpolitician, merchant, actor

He originally immigrated from Serbia to Podgorica. He produced pearl essence from the scales of bleaks. He dried the scales and exported large quantities of his product to Serbia.[1]

Lukačević was one of the founders of the Podgorica Theater Society (Podgoričko pozorišno društvo).[2]

Lukačević was featured in the play "Maksim Crnojević" (written by Serbian playwright Laza Kostić) in the title role as Maksim Crnojević. The play was performed in Podgorica ca. 5 April 1885 (Orthodox Easter). A writer for the Glas Crnogorca newspaper in Podgorica wrote in his report that despite the barriers of local dialects and the difficulty of fully mimicking everyone's movements, the actors played their roles fairly well. They also noted that foreigners watching the play could not believe that the actors were debutants.[3]

Lukačević was a relative of Montenegrin king Nicholas I[4] and a descendant of Serbian revolutionary Karađorđe Petrović.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Zlatko Zlatičanin (6 August 2003). "Rijekom Moračom (14) - Vremena i ljudi". Pobjeda. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. ^ Ljiljana Milunović. "Pozorište u Periodici Knjaževine Crne Gore 1884-1908". Montenegrina. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Zanimljivosti iz prošlosti Starom Podgoricom". Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  4. ^ Mijat Šuković. "Ustav za Knjaževinu Crnu Goru od 1905". Montenegrina. Retrieved 4 August 2012.