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Making Theatre in London
Nováková, Hana ; SÍLOVÁ, Zuzana (advisor) ; VEDRAL, Jan (referee)
The thesis examines contemporary British theatre focusing on the dynamic between a playwright, a director and an actor, which is very different in the UK from continental Europe. Describing specific London productions as well as the history of modern British theatre, it tries to identify what are the defining characteristics of British directing, acting and playwriting. Each chapter focuses on one of these elements and defines British theatre in realation to the Czech scene. By comparing selected productions of the same British play in Prague and London the author draws attention to the possible difficulties that might arise while staging British drama in a different cultural context.
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Methodology of the Cooperation between the Director and Actor and Contermporary Theater Practice
Glogrová, Kateřina ; BURIAN, Jan (advisor) ; HRBEK, Daniel (referee)
The thesis deals with the cooperation between the director and actor during individual phases of the staging process as they appear in everyday theatre life. The indiviual phases of the staging process are supplemented by the author's own experience with managing the actors, which she gained especially in the course of her studies at the Drama Faculty of AMU. The second part of the thesis investigates the issues of inner truthfulness and the possibilities of its achievement within the production of a play. As a part of collecting the material for the thesis, the author conducted a research, which included interviews with three professional directors - Hana Burešová, Ladislav Smoček and Štěpán Pácl, whose methods of work are described. In the final part of the thesis the author states that it is difficult to draw general conclusions about the cooperation between the director and actor because it is always of subjective nature. The issue of inner truthfulness is similarly difficult to generalise. Due to the multiplicity of options, however, neither of them loses attractiveness for further research.
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The Reception of Karel Čapek´s Works Staged in the Countries of the Former Yugoslavia
Zahirović, Hasan ; SÍLOVÁ, Zuzana (advisor) ; HYVNAR, Jan (referee)
In the countries of the former Yugoslavia , the works of Karel Čapek (1800-1938) are considered "complex but eternal" This is evidenced by the large number of articles about him and his work in newspapers and othe publications. Although better known today for his children´s books, even now, more than seventy years afte his death, Čapek continues to be read and enjoyed in general because of his artistry, his vision, and the originality of ideas. Čapek´s works became available very early, in 1921, in the countries of the former Yugoslavia . He was best known as a playwright at first and his six plays were repeatedly staged at all Yugoslav theatres
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METHODS AND APPROACHES TO STAGING POPULAR MUSICAL THEATRE IN CURRENT CZECH THEATRE ENVIRONMENT
Olšovský, Lumír ; SOMEŠ, Jaroslav (advisor) ; DEÁK, Juraj (referee)
This Master's thesis addresses the process of staging musicals and operettas within the Czech theatre?s environment. As an example, the author chose five different titles for comparison and description of the process of preparation of this specific kind of musical theatre focusing on various options for theatre companies, discussing the demands and difficulties of assembling teams of artistic collaborators and the creative process itself during rehearsals. Processes concerned with the first grasp of a title as a dramatic text, through the spatial solutions of a dramatic situation in terms of stage space in a theatre, up to the director-actor collaboration, are documented by authentic findings, which are compared with notes of directors, who significantly influenced the author's view. The text also considers the specific demands of this kind of theatre on the actor (actress) and his (her) education and training
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DIRECTING AND CHAOS
Kubák, Ivo Kristián ; NEBESKÝ, Jan (advisor) ; BURIAN, Jan (referee)
The thesis is in its first part focused on finding a link between the relatively young mathematical discipline theory of chaos, and theoretical and practical work of theatre director. The first part explains the principles of chaos theory, fractal geometry, understanding chaos in ancient Greek culture, in postmodern and in current state of culture. The thesis in the second part applies the named apparatus to the practice and concludes with are several essential characteristics, functions and tasks of directing in the theatre. Third part is two case studies based on stage praxis: directing of performances Punk Rock and Otcizeni in a DAMU school theatre DISK.
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The Director as a Shifting Role
Burianová, Zuzana ; ŠIKTANCOVÁ, Jaroslava (advisor) ; BURIAN, Jan (referee)
The present master's thesis focuses on relationships between the director and the other creators of a theatre production and on the ways in which these relationships develop during the creative process. The author describes and reassesses specific practical examples from her directorial and dramaturgical experience in years 2012-2015. The first part is devoted to those productions in which the author collaborated also on the playtext. It seeks to identify specific primary impulses which had inspired individual projects and to track any subsequent evolution of these impulses, a process which the author defines as assignment formulation. The second part concentrates in more detail on collaboration with actors and explores the circumstances in which a free creative process can be established, the border between the actor's creation and the director's direction of the actor. The third part addresses the interaction between three theatre professions, namely the director, the dramaturgist and the set designer.
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Panic, Chaos, Harmony
Chmelíková, Eliška ; SCHLEGELOVÁ, Martina (advisor) ; JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the work and theatre activity of Mika Myllyaho - one of the most distinctive personalities of contemporary Finnish theatre. On the basis of analysis of dramatic trilogy it finds central thematic areas and examines formal plot processing of this particular playwright and by these presents it tries to class him with the context of contemporary Finnish drama. The thesis is primarily focused on contemporary Finnish dramatics, however, it examines basic historical events in the Finnish theatre development up to present. It also follows other contemporary Finnish playwrights and the basic themes which they reflect.
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BLANK PAPER
Lesák, Jan ; MAKONJ, Karel (advisor) ; TOMÁNEK, Karel František (referee)
This diploma thesis is following process of preparing theatre peace which is not based on structural dramatic text, but it is formed from an idea. I´m interested in step by step
process of idea development from blank paper to the theatre piece.
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CO-CREATING THEATRE
Petrovič, Zoran ; MAKONJ, Karel (advisor) ; KLÍMA, Miloslav (referee)
This graduate paper deals with the phenomenon of the theatre
spectacle that truly becomes alive no sooner than when the actor and the
spectator meet in the same space and time; the paper is also occupied with
the (pre)conditions that have to be met in order for the interaction between
the actor and the spectator to begin.
The paper draws conclusions from the theatre creator?s and the
spectator?s perspectives, it wonders about the meaning and the origin of
theatre (co)creation, and is based on practical experience, as well as on the
findings of theatre practitioners and theoreticians.
The concept of theatre is used in the widest meaning of the word.
The paper intentionally originates from and connects various performance
arts ? it draws from the realization that the theatre is basically one, and
that for theatre to happen one needs both: an active actor and an active
spectator.
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Directing work of Jan Mikulášek
Zicháčková, Magda ; HRDINOVÁ, Radmila (advisor) ; TICHÝ, Zdeněk (referee)
The thesis "Jan Mikulášek and his directing" deals with one of the most outstanding contemporary Czech theater directors. The author attempts to explain the life and work of Jan Mikulášek by analyzing his directorial processes for specific productions which she has seen. Author picks up the threads of the bachelor thesis entitled "Cooperation between director and stage designer: J. Mikulášek and M. Cpin", where she analyzed Mikulášek directorial processes especially on the production of Heda Gablerová. The list od Mikulášek productions is rich so the author chose for her analysis a particular section of his work which she, among other things, compares with his previous works. She deals with Europeana, Nenápadný půvab buržoazie, Šedá sedmdesátá aneb Husákovo ticho productions in detail and especially with the Hodní chlapci production in which the author participated as a dramatic adviser.
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