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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811368503321

Autore

Burian Jarka <1927-2005.>

Titolo

Leading creators of twentieth-century Czech theatre / / Jarka M. Burian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-136-46585-5

1-315-01497-1

1-136-46578-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Routledge Harwood Polish and East European theatre archive ; ; v. 7

Disciplina

792/.094371

Soggetti

Theater - Czech Republic - History - 20th century

Czech drama - 20th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

LEADING CREATORS OF TWENTIETH - CENTURYCZECH THEATRE; Copyright; Contents; Introduction to the series; List of plates; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 K. H. Hilar; 2 The liberated theatre of Voskovec and Werich; 3 E. F. Burian; 4 Alfred Radok; 5 Otomar Krejča; 6 Grossman, Macháček, Schorm: three major Czech directors of the late twentieth century; 7 Josef Svoboda; 8 Twentieth-century Czech scenographers in the interwar era; 9 Czech scenography since 1968: a younger generation; 10 Czech Hamlets of the twentieth century; 11 Václav Havel; Coda; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this invaluable and detailed presentation of the leading creative figures in a richly innovative and dynamic period of Czech theatre, Professor Jarka M. Burian provides us with insightful portraits of the directors K. H. Hilar, E. F. Burian, Alfred Radok, and Otomar Krejca: of the famous Voskovec and Werich comedic duo; of the scenographer Josef Svoboda; and of the playwright, now President of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel. There are also briefer studies of numerous other directors, designers, and actors. The author, a Czech-American theatre scholar and practitioner, has been a frequent