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CITY AND (ITS) THEATRE
Gregar, Alexandr ; GAJDOŠ, Július (advisor) ; CÍSAŘ, Jan (referee)
PhD thesis project "City and (its) Theatre" is an attempt to map the relation between the development of Hradec Králové and the development of theatre activities on its territory. In the Czech Republic (in terms of the theatrical activities) Hradec Králové is widely known for the modern tradition of international theatre festivals. These festivals take the form of celebrations, a kind of City Dionysia drawing greater or lesser attention of artists, critics, but first of all huge attention of local society. Citizens of Hradec Králové constitute the main part of audiences (up to 70 000 in ten days) of the festival ? unlike other similar events in the Czech Republic ? which can be considered an extraordinary phenomenon. The project aims to identify town-development aspect of the theatre, especially in terms of its position in the public domain. Therefore also reminds conceptual search for the space for the new theatre building, covering a range of such sites in terms of representational, architectural, social and demographic aspects This thesis offers a mosaic of information about the development of this festival based on historical documents, especially printed news and press releases. It monitors fulfilment of the vision of the great theatre celebration deals with its qualitative and quantitative changes not only of the main program but also of the Open Air Programme. It also deals with doubted adjective "Czech Avignon", which is associated with the festival in Hradec Králové and attempts to classify and specify it in terms of content and character of the event Some management issues of the festival are dealt with in separate chapters, and the thesis is accompanied with complete list of productions of the main program and the Open Air Programme in the period 1995-2009.

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