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Czech Plays
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Author : March Arlin
language : en
Publisher: Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publ.
Release Date : 2009
Czech Plays written by March Arlin and has been published by Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Publ. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Drama categories.
The first English-language anthology of post-1989 Czech plays exploring once-taboo subjects and new realities. Includes plays by David Drábek, Lenka Lagronová, Jirí Pokorny, Ivana Ruzicková, Egon Tobiás, Iva Volánková, and Petr Zelenka.
Czech Plays
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Author : Barbara Day
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1994
Czech Plays written by Barbara Day and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Drama categories.
With the emergence of a dissident playwright as the President of Czechoslovakia in 1989, the Czech tradition by which theatre mirrors political life came full circle. Ranging back over the three decades preceding the Velvet Revolution, these four plays show modern Czech writers skilfully commenting on current realities through historical and domestic themes. Published here for the first time in English, Vaclav Havel's Tomorrow!, written anonymously in 1988, is a historical comedy about the founding of the Czechoslovak Republic. Games by novelist Ivan Klima shows a house party going badly wrong as old guilts break the surface. In Joseph Topol's Cat on the Rails two lovers wait for a train that never comes. And Dog and Wolf by the leading woman playwright Daniela Fischerova takes Francois Villon as exemplar of the clash between artist and society.
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Czech Plays written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Czech drama categories.
Czech Plays In English Translation
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Author : Rachael Hauck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Czech Plays In English Translation written by Rachael Hauck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Bohemian drama categories.
Modern Czech Theatre
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Author : Jarka Burian
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2002-04-25
Modern Czech Theatre written by Jarka Burian and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-25 with Performing Arts categories.
The story of Czech theatre in the twentieth century involves generations of mesmerizing players and memorable productions. Beyond these artistic considerations, however, lies a larger story: a theatre that has resonated with the intense concerns of its audiences acquires a significance and a force beyond anything created by striking individual talents or random stage hits. Amid the variety of performances during the past hundred years, that basic and provocative reality has been repeatedly demonstrated, as Jarka Burian reveals in his extraordinary history of the dramatic world of Czech theatre. Following a brief historical background, Burian provides a chronological series of perspectives and observations on the evolving nature of Czech theatre productions during this century in relation to their similarly evolving social and political contexts. Once Czechoslovak independence was achieved in 1918, a repeated interplay of theatre with political realities became the norm, sometimes stifling the creative urge but often producing even greater artistry. When playwright Václav Havel became president in 1990, this was but the latest and most celebrated example of the vital engagement between stage and society that has been a repeated condition of Czech theatre for the past two hundred years. In Jarka Burian's skillful hands, Modern Czech Theatre becomes an extremely important touchstone for understanding the history of modern theatre within western culture.
Trial By Theatre
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Author : Barbara Day
language : en
Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
Release Date : 2019-11-01
Trial By Theatre written by Barbara Day and has been published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
The motto Národ sobě – “From the Nation to Itself” – inscribed over the proscenium arch of Prague’s National Theatre symbolizes the importance theatre holds for the Czechs. During the National Awakening of the 19th century, theatre took the place of politics, becoming an instrument of national identity in the hands of the revivalists. In what was then part of a German-speaking empire, the Czechs devised a complex and evocative theatre language made up of allegory, allusion, juxtaposition, games, wordplay, legend, history, illusion and music. A sophisticated avant-garde theatre flowered in Czechoslovakia between the wars, and became a symbol of independence during the Nazi occupation. It survived Socialist Realism and Stalinism to blossom again in the “Golden Sixties” when Prague became “the theatre capital of Europe” (Kenneth Tynan) and a generation of theatre and film directors (Radok, Grossman, Schorm) and playwrights (Havel, Kundera, Topol) were at the forefront of the Prague Spring. Reprisals took place after the 1968 Soviet invasion when, under “normalization,” hardline Communists tried to silence the voices of the ‘60s; thousands were forced into internal and external emigration. The theatre culture, however, flexible and experienced from previous repression, again provided a basis of opposition to totalitarianism. For two decades it operated in the provisional spaces of culture houses, studios, gymnasiums, bars, trade union halls, art galleries and living rooms. Strategies were devised and implemented to bring freedom back to the theatre and society. A strong sense of justice and ethics intensified the mutual commitment of theatres and audiences, leading the way to the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and the installation of a playwright as President.
Czech Opera
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Author : John Tyrrell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1988
Czech Opera written by John Tyrrell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Music categories.
Opera is the grandest and most potent cultural expression of the nationalist movement which led to the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. During this period Czech opera developed into a genre of major artistic importance cultivated by composers of the stature of Smetana, Dvorák and Janácek. Czech Opera examines opera in its national contexts, and is a study not only of operas written in Czech, but also of the specific circumstances which shaped them. These include the historical and political background to the period, the theatres in which Czech plays and operas were first performed, and the composers and performers who worked in them. The role of the librettists is given particular prominence and is complemented by a detailed chapter on the subject matter of the librettos shedding light on the subject matter of the historical and mythic background of the genre.
The Silenced Theatre
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Author : Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Silenced Theatre written by Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Let S Play Czechs
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Author : Martina Musilová
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Let S Play Czechs written by Martina Musilová and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Czech drama categories.
Czech Drama Since World War Ii
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Author : Paul I. Trensky
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-08
Czech Drama Since World War Ii written by Paul I. Trensky and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-08 with History categories.
During the years between 1956 and 1970 Czech literature and theatre passed through a profoundly creative period, a renaissance or spiritual rebirth following an era of sterility that was the result of the forced imposition of the Stalinist dogma of socialist realism. This study is a first attempt, to define for us the character and originality of this era. This title was first published in 1978.