1.                  Introduction – historical and social background


10 February (Drozd)




Assigned reading:


1a. Bohumil Nekolny & Ondrej Cerny : The performing arts in the Czech Republic.



1b. Patočková Jana (ed.): A Brief Panorama of Czech Theatre. Published in WECT (World Encyclopedy
of Contemporary Theatre)


1c. Day, Barbara: Itroduction. Czech Plays – Modern Czech Drama. London, 1994. pp. v-xvi