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1 online resource (249 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Theater -- Czech Republic -- History -- 20th century.
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Theater. |
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Czech Republic. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Czech drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Czech drama. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Print version: Burian, Jarka M. Leading Creators of Twentieth-Century Czech Theatre. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780415270304 |
| ISBN |
9781136465789 (electronic book) |
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1136465782 (electronic book) |
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