“Without any hesitation, one could pose the following question: Does Vesna Tominac Matačić, in fact, know and understand the work and role of the late artist better than any Slavic philologist from Zagreb? Here, the fate of a talented and oversensitive person – as dreadful as the fate of this nation – has emerged before us. After all, women were the ones who caught hell the most within this nation. Vesna Parun was also among them.”

“It is at the end of the dynamic play – when Vesna the actress recites the famous poem under her breath, buried under three or four dozen plastic bags in which the entire life and belongings of Vesna Parun the poetess is stored – that the poetic initiation is complete.”

“Vesna Tominac Matačić, who also co-authored the project, has brilliantly and fascinatingly borne the not-at-all light burden carried by the poetess, her own words and life alike. With this monodrama, Vesna Tominac Matačić has once again demonstrated all the splendour of talent that astonishingly follows all stages of the character she portrays. Fully committed to the character, she has not once lost the connection with the eponymous heroine, whom she portrayed most inspiringly, and the ovation that accompanied the premiere was entirely justified and sincere.”