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Ve studii "Body suspension: performativita bolesti" se pokouším téma tělesného zavěšování (body suspension) předestřít v nepříliš problematizované podobě co nejširší odborné čtenářské obci, s ohledem na vlastní východiska, jež pramení především v teatrologii a dílčích otázkách teatrality a performativity (Fischer-Lichte, Judith Butler). V českém prostředí dosud odborně nereflektované téma...
Present study comprises the function of visual elements of medieval sacred buildings in liturgical theatre productions. In the first part, the author defines the theatrical genre, outlining its connection to liturgy proper which itself has a striking theatrical quality. Based on a number of period texts, the author proves the tendencies to consider liturgy a kind of theatrical performance existed...
V bohatom spevnom repertoári Zeleného štvrtku v svatojiřskej liturgickej tradícii mal zvláštne postavenie súbor skladieb spojený s rituálom umývania nôh, išlo o tzv. Mandatum. V ôsmich procesionáloch identický repertoárový korpus, ktorého obsah sa odvíja od evanjeliového príbehu (Ján 13, 1–17), je obohatený o silný ženský aspekt vychádzajúci z inej evanjeliovej scény (Lukáš 7, 36–50). Toto prepojenie...
Studie se zabývá styčnými body práva a teatrologie. Jeho cílem je poukázat na to, že soudní jednání pracuje s principy performativity, a obhájit tezi, že zejména soudní jednání v trestních věcech je svým původem a mechanismem působení příbuzné s rituálem a lze je tedy zkoumat za pomoci obdobné metodologie, založené na širším sociologicko-teatrologickém pojetí divadla jako kulturního modelu.
Set design in Bulgarian theatre history is a field full of questions. There is only one published piece of research which had the aim to cover the processes in to the scenography from the first professional theatre company (at the end of 19th century) until the mid 70's of the 20th century. The biggest problem in this study is the fact that it was written during the Communist regime, so it's hard...
This article explores the extant artefacts of Vlastislav Hofman's design process for Karel Hillar's 1926 production of Hamlet. Virtual reconstructive practice has been used to explore Hofman's intentions and process in the development of his visual ideas. This exploration, supported by an analysis of Hofman's critical texts, provides insights into Hofman's developing visual ideas, both in respect...
This paper reflects upon staging Hamlet in Slovakia from 1950 to 2004. The five selected productions brought seemingly different designs of the theatrical space. And yet in four of them, there were many similarities in terms of mimetic understanding of the space. There was only one, nearly unnoticed production in the Rusyn language (2004) building a completely different space: based upon sophisticated...
The study of the Scenography for Shakespearománie I.–III. [Shakespearomania Trilogy] directed by Peter Scherhaufer at the Goose on a String Theatre in Brno is an analytical and poetological profiling of the three productions created within the project called SHAKESPEAROMÁNIE [Shakespearomania Trilogy], directed by Peter Scherhaufer, one of the most regarded Czechoslovak directors of Slovak origin,...
Vlastislav Hofman's Hamlet at the National Theatre in 1926 and František Tröster's Hamlet at the Vinohrady Theatre in 1941 are undeniably different interpretations of one of Shakespeare's superlative plays. They are notable as works that illustrate a slight change in aesthetic for the designers, with Hofman moving away from his roots in Czech Cubism and Tröster showing his mastery of staging while...
This article presents 3 performances based on Shakespeare's play: A Midsummer Night's Dream made for the Teatr Dzieci Zagłębia (The Zaglebie Children's Theatre) in Będzin (1965), Wrocław Puppet Theatre (2003) and in the Puppet Theatre 'Banialuka' in Bielsko-Biała (2013). They were created by the famous Polish creator, Jan Dorman and two artistic teams: Czech – under the direction of Josef Krofta,...
16 January 1969 was an important day for Czechoslovakia: Jan Palach, a student at the Faculty of Arts, set himself on fire next to the statue of St. Wenceslas in Prague. The artistic scene reacted to the incident through several works. The performance of Arthur Honegger's stage oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher in Janáček Theatre in Brno was one of them. The article introduces political circumstances...
The article focuses on the stage designs of Antonín Heythum. Heythum's work during the interwar period is relatively well known and has been (somewhat incorrectly) aligned with Constructivist scenography. There are a number of materials for his designs for the Liberated Theatre (Osvobozené divadlo) (e.g. Circus Dandin, Když ženy něco slaví [When Women Celebrate]) and other Czech theatres (Olomouc,...
This essay aims to present the most significant approaches Vychodil used for designing stages for Shakespeare plays, and to compare the designs with others, more typical of Vychodil's aesthetic practice. The paper will, therefore, ask the following questions: (i) what demands do Shakespeare's plays make on the designer? and (ii) how does Vychodil, in particular, respond to these requirements? In constructing...
This study in its current form has been inspired by the keynote lecture of Dr Christian M. Billing at the Brno Theatralia Conference in 2016 analysing two productions of Othello, one of them being the production of 2014 at the National Theatre Brno. He questioned the way scenography could raise issues of race and identity using common material signifiers such as props, costumes or theatre make-up...
In this article, I compare Bergman's original script of Persona with its final film version and discuss several differences between the two. I focus on three larger alternations, namely on omitting several of Elizabeth's replicas or transferring them to Alma as well as on a complete change of the ending scene. I speculate on how the dialogue and the scene would have changed the film if the director...
Ingmar Bergman's novel, The Best Intentions, is about the life and love of his parents. In transforming his parents into the characters, Henrik and Anna, Bergman offers a compelling analysis of the driving forces behind their real-life actions and choices. The paper draws from the work of the Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard, to demonstrate the way that Bergman's analysis is connected to a particular...
Ingmar Bergman, in addition to producing a large number of films, also worked for the theatre and in radio. All of his activities were intertwined and influenced one another. The paper outlines Bergman's traces in radio with an emphasis on Czech radio production. It reflects the biographic readings, monodrama, dialogic plays as well as more extensive plays which, thanks to their intimate setting,...
This article discusses the film Nattvardsgästerna (1963) – released in the U.S. as Winter Light, and in the U.K. as The Communicants – in the context of the Swedish post-war religious scene and Ingmar Bergman's other productions of the period. The film is read theologically with an assumption that the author carries on a certain religious dialogue, whatever its form may be. With the basis of the film...
Whatever might be the reason for the theatre taking so much inspiration from film in the 21st century, the fact remains that the work of Ingmar Bergman is inspiring for theatre-makers all over the world. In this article, I briefly focus on three Czech productions of The Seventh Seal; namely a performance by the students of the Prague Conservatory which was put on under the title Wood Painting in 1995;...
Andrzej Leder, Polish psychoanalyst and philosopher, states that between 1939 and 1956, a revolution took place in Poland. A revolution he calls an 'overslept revolution' (LEDER 2014). To him, it is the time when Polish society entered modernity and changed its model from a feudal to a bourgeois society. He utilizes Jacques Lacan's term trans-passive to underscore the character of Polish revolution:...
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