Perhaps precisely because Horvat's manuscript Zapisci iz nepovarat was written with such extremely modest ambitions, it was immediately recognized as first-class literature in 1983 - when it was published in the four hundredth volume of the Work, four decades after it was written. As one of the most authentic sources for the study of Croatian cultural history of the first half of this century...
Dundo Maroje is the most frequently performed piece by Držić. The backbone of the plot is the search of the father, a merchant from Dubrovnik, for his prodigal son Mar, who, instead of making deals, squanders his father's wealth in Rome.