CONTENTS



1. Introduction. Instant History of Czech Theatre

·     Day, Barbara: “Introduction”

·     M. Goetz-Stankiewicz: “Introduction”


2. Medieval and Baroque Plays – Tradition of Folk Theatre as Inspiration for Modern Stage


·       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

·       F. Černý : Czech drama in Prague in the first years of the Czechoslovak Republic

·       Jos. and Karel Čapek : Insect Play

·       K.Čapek : R.U.R

·       K. Čapek : White Plague

7. Czech Avantgarde Theatre (Liberated theatre, Voskovec & Werich E. F. Burian. Theatre as
synthesis and rythm. Voiceband. Theatergraph)


·       Jarka M. Burian : E.F. Burian

·       Jarka M. Burian : The Liberated Theatre of Voskovec and Werich

·       Černý, F.: Lighting that creates a scene and Lighting as an Actor


8. Josef Svoboda. Laterna magika. Czech scaenography (2^nd half of the 20^th Century)

·       Ptáčková, Věra: Jaroslav Malina and Czech Stage Design of the Second Half of the 20^th
Century

·       J.M.Burian: Josef Svoboda´s Scaenography for Shakespeare


9. Key directors after 1945: Otomar Krejča, Alfréd Radok. Jan Grossman


·        Burian, Jarka M.: “The Dynamic 1960s. Part Two. Key Productions in New Studio Theatre and
Elsewhere”

·                           Day, Barbara: “Jan Grossman”


10. Czech Drama from 1950 to 2000. Josef Topol. Pavel Kohout.


·            Burian, Jarka M.: “The Dynamic 1960s. Part One. Significant New Plays”

·             Goetz-Stankiewicz, Marketa:

-            “Pavel Kohout”

-             “Josef Topol”

·           Topol, Josef: Cat on the Rails

·            Uhde, Milan: A Blue Angel


11. Václav Havel. Garden Party. Largo Desolato

·            Goetz-Stankiewicz, Marketa: “Václav Havel”

·            Havel, Václav: Garden Party.

·            Havel, Václav: Largo Desolato.


12. Studio Theatre of of the 1960s to 1980s


·            Day, Barbara: “Studio Theatres of the 1980s”


13. Role of theatre in Velvet Revolution and after


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