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Autore |
Burian Jarka <1927-2005.> |
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Titolo |
Modern Czech theatre : reflector and conscience of a nation / / Jarka M. Burian |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2000 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in theatre history & culture |
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Disciplina |
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792.094371 |
792/.094371/0904 |
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Soggetti |
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Theater - Czech Republic - History - 20th century |
Czech drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-250) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 1780-1900 Some Exposition before the Main Action; 2 1900-1938 From the Turn of the Century to Munich; 3 Theatre during the Occupation and War Years; 4 The Postwar Years and the 1950's; 5 The Dynamic 1960's, Part One Significant New Plays; 6 The Dynamic 1960's, Part Two Key Productions in New Studio Theatres and Elsewhere; 7 August 1968 The Trauma and Its Aftermath; 8 A Gradual Thawing in the 1980's; 9 1989 Annus Mirabilis for the Czechs and Their Theatre; 10 Liberation and Its Pains The First Year after the November Revolution |
11 Czech Theatre of the 1990's Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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