Modern Czech theatre : reflector and conscience of a nation /

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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 b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burian, Jarka, 1927-2005
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2000.
Series:Studies in theatre history and culture.
Subjects:
Theater > Czech Republic > History.
Czech drama > History and criticism.
Théâtre > République tchèque > Histoire.
Théâtre tchèque > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Czech drama.
Theater.
Toneel.
Czech Republic.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1780-1900: Some Exposition before the Main Action
  • 1900-1938: From the Turn of the Century to Munich
  • Theatre during the Occupation and War Years
  • The Postwar Years and the 1950s
  • The Dynamic 1960s, Part One: Significant New Plays
  • The Dynamic 1960s, Part Two: Key Productions in New Studio Theatres and Elsewhere
  • August 1968: The Trauma and Its Aftermath
  • A Gradual Thawing in the 1980s
  • 1989 Annus Mirabilis for the Czechs and Their Theatre
  • Liberation and Its Pains: The First Year after the November Revolution
  • Czech Theatre of the 1990s.

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