03084nam 2200613Ia 450 991080933610332120240516103724.01-58729-335-8(CKB)111056486862692(EBL)837059(OCoLC)50322350(SSID)ssj0000204299(PQKBManifestationID)11188420(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204299(PQKBWorkID)10176285(PQKB)10452414(MiAaPQ)EBC837059(MdBmJHUP)muse9301(Au-PeEL)EBL837059(CaPaEBR)ebr10354687(EXLCZ)9911105648686269219991108d2000 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrModern Czech theatre reflector and conscience of a nation /Jarka M. Burian1st ed.Iowa City University of Iowa Pressc20001 online resource (285 p.)Studies in theatre history & cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-722-0 0-87745-711-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-250) and index.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 Revolution11 Czech Theatre of the 1990's Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexThe 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 theatreStudies in theatre history and culture.TheaterCzech RepublicHistory20th centuryCzech drama20th centuryHistory and criticismTheaterHistoryCzech dramaHistory and criticism.792.094371792/.094371/0904Burian Jarka1927-2005.1128275MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809336103321Modern Czech theatre4071315UNINA