Summary In this Master's thesis, by doing the analysis of the most famous intendant and director figures, and individual events, it will be shown the influence of the Croatian National Theater on literature and culture in general, as well as the influence of the main currents of political history on this central cultural institution. Special accent will be placed on the most remarkable people who marked the theatrical life of Zagreb in its beginning and gave it the foundations for its further development. Selection of them is already a thesis in its own way, because only the most important ones who left a positive influence and started the spiritual life of the entire Croatian community during their work in this institution, will be mentioned. These are, first of66 all, Stjepan Miletić, then Julija Benešić, editors Branko Gavella, Tito Strozzi and Marko Fotez, and finally Kosta Spaić and Georgij Paro as the last important intendant of the Croatian National Theater. With the help of their experiences, one can reconstruct the image of this central Croatian cultural institution and see its influence on Croatian literature. With the help of their experiences, one can reconstruct the image of this central Croatian cultural institution and see its influence on Croatian literature. Relevant views will be expressed on the influence of opera and ballet, but the dominant ones will be those related to the development of literary culture, for which the Croatian National Theater was a kind of central flywheel. In the introduction of the thesis, the development of the theater in Zagreb will be shown, which led to Miletić's intendancy after the Demeter and Šenoa eras.