CONTENTS



1. Introduction – historical and social
background.........................................................................................
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·     Nekolný, Bohumil & Černý, Ondřej: “The performing arts in the Czech
Republic”…………………………………………………………………………….

·     Patočková, Jana: “A Brief Panorama of Czech
Theatre”………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

·     Day, Barbara:
“Introduction”.....................................................................................
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·     M. Goetz-Stankiewicz:
“Introduction”.....................................................................................
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2. Medieval and Baroque Plays – Tradition of Folk Theatre as Inspiration for Modern Stage
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·       Jarmila F. Veltrusky : Folk Plays and Ceremonies……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

·       Merchant (Mastičkář – The museum Fragment)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Travelling acting troups in Czech
lands………………………………………………………………………………………………......................................


4. Czech Puppet Theatre ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….


5. Maryša. Staging of classical play in modern conception …………………………………………………………………………………………………....

·       Alois and Vilém Mrštík: Maryša………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

·       Grossman, Jan: Interpreting Maryša…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..


6. Czech drama from 1900 to 1950. Karel Čapek, František Langer………………………………………………………………………………………….


·       Burian, Jarka M.: “1900 – 1938. From the Turn of the Century to
Munich”…………………………………………………………………………......…...

·       F. Černý : Czech drama in Prague in the first years of the Czechoslovak Republic
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·       Jos. and Karel Čapek : Insect Play ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....…….

·       Klíma, Ivan: “Čapek’s Modern Apocalypse”………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…...…

·       K.Čapek : R.U.R………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…

·       K. Čapek : White Plague ..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……...


7. Liberated theatre, Voskovec & Werich E. F. Burian. Theatre as synthesis and rythm. Voiceband.
Theatergraph ………………………………….


·       Jarka M. Burian : E.F.
Burian………………………………………………………........................................................................
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·       Jarka M. Burian : The Liberated Theatre of Voskovec and
Werich.............................................................................................
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8. Josef Svoboda. Laterna magika. Czech scaenography (2^nd half of the 20^th Century)
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·       Ptáčková, Věra: Jaroslav Malina and Czech Stage Design of the Second Half of the 20^th
Century……………………………………………………………


9. Otomar Krejča, Alfréd Radok. Jan Grossman
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·             Burian, Jarka M.: “The Dynamic 1960s. Part Two. Key Productions in New Studio Theatre
and Elsewhere”....................................................................................

·             Day, Barbara: “Jan
Grossman”......………………………………………………..................................................................
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10. Czech Drama from 1950 to 2000. Josef Topol. Pavel Kohout.
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·            Burian, Jarka M.: “The Dynamic 1960s. Part One. Significant New
Plays”.............................................................................................
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·             Goetz-Stankiewicz, Marketa:

-      “Pavel
Kohout”............................................................................................
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-            “Ivan
Klíma”.............................................................................................
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-            “Josef
Topol”......................…......................................................................
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·             Topol, Josef: Cat on the
Rails..............................................................
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11. Václav Havel. Garden Party. Largo Desolato
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·            Goetz-Stankiewicz, Marketa: “Václav
Havel”………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

·            Havel, Václav: Garden
Party.…............................................................................................
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·            Havel, Václav: Largo
Desolato.….........................................................................................
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12. Studio Theatre of of the 1960s to
1980s……............................................................................................
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·            Day, Barbara: “Studio Theatres of the
1980s”.............................................................................................
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Appendix -
Illustrations......................................................................................
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