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Contemporary British climate change plays
Holá, Kateřina ; JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela (advisor) ; KYSELOVÁ, Eva (referee)
This master thesis deals with one of the current trends in contemporary British drama – the so-called „climate change plays“.
In the first part of this thesis my aim is to briefly introduce the history and context of climate change debate from the 1970s to the present day and explain how environmental problems started to arise in different art spheres, above all in Anglophone literature. In the second part the focus is on the climate change plays that emerged in English speaking countries in the past 15 years. The core of this thesis are analyses of four plays premiered in major London theatres between 2009 – 2011: The Contingency Plan by Steve Waters, The Heretic by Richard Bean, Mike Bartlett’s Earthquakes in London and Lungs by Duncan Macmillan. The main objective of these analyses is their approach towards climate change science and their shared ideologies, motives and themes.
The last chapter attempts to evaluate this social phenomenon and to consider the difficulties artists have to face when dealing with such complex scientific problems like climate change.
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From Entertainment to Tragedy: Changes of Alfred de Musset’s dramatic proverb
Kosáková, Tereza ; JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela (advisor) ; KYSELOVÁ, Eva (referee)
Bachelor thesis called From Entertainment to Tragedy: Changes of Alfred de Musset’s dramatic proverb tracks Alfred de Musset’s creative line of dramatic proverbs. It incorporates his plays not only into an artistic movement and socio- political situation of the author's era, but also into a wider context of proverb's development since the salon improvisations in the seventeenth century. On the background of this tradition the author of this bachelor thesis closely analyzes Musset’s dramatic works and detaches the play No Trifling with Love which carries both characteristic features of the proverb genre and of romantic tendencies of that time. Combining the inductive method and her own interpretation, the author names the main themes and qualities of play and proves its scenic potential through domestic staging and translation interest. In conclusion she also points out further possibilities of dramatic proverb research which penetrate into other European cultures.
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Michal Dočekal - Artistic Director of Drama at the National Theatre
Smrčková, Anna ; HRDINOVÁ, Radmila (advisor) ; JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on Michal Dočekal’s role as Artistic Director of Drama at the National Theatre in Prague. The first chapter deals with Dočekal’s artistic beginnings and his significant work experience. The second chapter charts the situation at the National Theatre after 1989 and examines the role of Artistic Director and what abilities should such a person have in order to fulfil this role. On the basis of a detailed analysis and research I then endeavour to describe the most important moments of Dočekal’s reign as the chief. In the following individual chapters I examine his philosophy, directorial and actors’ personalities, subsidiary activities of the company and also the issues Dočekal, as Director, had to deal with.
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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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Metamorphoses of Phaedra´s Confession of Love
Křápková, Lucie ; KYSELOVÁ, Eva (advisor) ; JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela (referee)
This Bachelor thesis looks into changes of dramatical rendition of the myth about Phaedra in terms of her confession of love. It compares four
dramatical texts: tragedy Hippolytus by the greek playwright Euripides, play Phaedra by roman dramatist L. A. Seneca, tragedy Phedre by Jean Racine and Sarah Kane's Phaedra's Love. It determines changes of the relations and motives of the main characters projected into Phaedra's confession. It pays attention mostly to the analysis of the texts themselves but at the same time it does not turn from the main characteristic of these four dramatists, nor social context of creation of these plays.
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Cult of individualism in Martin Crimp's drama
Košťák, David ; DROZD, David (advisor) ; JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the work of Martin Crimp which reflects the transformation of British society since the 80s of the 20th century to the present. Analysis of three plays from this period: No One Sees the Video, Attempts on Her Life and In the Republic of Hapiness reflects the gradual growth of individualism initiated by the government of Margaret Thatcher to its present narcissistic form.
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Contemporary British Drama in the View of The Critics' Circle
Vondráková, Adéla ; SCHLEGELOVÁ, Martina (advisor) ; JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela (referee)
The subject of this thesis is the contemporary British drama. Firstly the thesis performs a brief excursion into the context of the origin of the plays. It summarises the basic facts about the British theatre system, the development of British criticism and of the British association of the critics The Critics' Circle. The thesis deals with the plays awarded with The Critics' Circle Theatre Award for the best new play between years 2000 and 2010. These are Blue / Orange by Joe Penhall, Humble Boy Charlotte Jones, The York Realist by Peter Gill, Democracy by Michael Frayn, The History Boys by Alan Bennett, Harvest by Richard Bean, Rock'n'Roll by Tom Stoppard, A Disappearing Number by Simon McBurney and Complicite, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth, and Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris. Subsequently, based on the overall analysis of all eleven awarded plays the thesis gives the assessment of their common features in terms of dramatic form and also in the terms of theme. Finally it deals with the British as well as Czech critical reflections of the particular plays. It attempts to draw conclusions about the nature of contemporary British drama in relation to the British criticism.
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GROTESQUE IN CONTEMPORARY SPANISH WRITTEN DRAMA
Melicharová, Tereza ; JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela (advisor) ; SIKORA, Roman (referee)
This thesis concerns abour contemporary Spanish and Argentinian one-act play with characteristics of grotesque. It's porpose is to present a creation of five playwrights: E. Soler, V. Winner, R. Spregelburd, A. Tantanian and J. Daulte. Spanish production is represented by Soler's trilogy Against progress, Against love and Against democracy, Argentinian one-act play typifies Winner's play Postal de vuelo and an one-act play called Escala Humana, writen by Spregelburd, Tantanian and Daulte. This thesis puts an interpretation on contacts between spanish and argentinian theatre and explains specifics of spanish-argentinian theatre context. It studies the genre of the grotesque from the philosophical and esthetical view as a way of depiction of contemporary word and it tries to find common formal principles and topics, that recur in five studied plays. In fifty five one act plays the thesis discovers repeating mental patterns, which critically reflect the course of contemporary western civilization. These topics divides into eight chapters: "Individualism", "Prison in a system", "Deformation of interpersonal relationships", "Hypermoden capitalims and crisis of the democracy", "Crisis of the religion", "Dehumanization", "Course to the apokalypse?". The fundamental part of the thesis is a philosophic reflection of these topics and interpretation of concrete one act-plays with the intend to outline how the playwrights work with the topics in their plays.
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LE THÉÂTRE DU GRAND-GUIGNOL: PHENOMENON OF THE THEATRE AND HIS DRAMATURGY
Kebrtová, Helena ; NEUMANN, Julius (advisor) ; JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela (referee)
This BA thesis presents the French popular theatre Grand-Guignol and brings a basic vue of its dramaturgy. It treats mainly the questions of actual use of the Grand-Guignol?s plays material. The first part of the work is dedicated to history and definition of characteristics of Grand-Guignol genre. Then it presents fifty five synopses of plays from the Grand-Guignol repertoire, and the treatment of themes and commentaries about individual texts. It proposes some ideas about how to revive Grand-Guignol today. Theatre of Grand-Guignol was founded in 1897 by Oscar M?ernier as a naturalistic theatre that strived to defend the liberty of art. In the age before the First World War, Grand-Guignol developed into a theatre of horror and this dramaturgical orientation didn?t change until the demise of Grand-Guignol in 1962. Grand-Guignol?s golden age was in 1920?s. At the same time, Grand-Guignol is the name of genre; we can also call Grand-Guignol some plays that were not presented at the theatre of Grand- Guignol. What is typical for the genre is the short form, a plot with a crime ? usually murder, the violence linked to eroticism and realism that need major tricks and/or effects. The spectator was expected to confuse fiction with reality Demanding nature of actors? work, topical and adventurous character of exploring the themes of the day and high quality of writing is what puts Grand- Guignol above the average popular theatre of the time. Many of the plays of Grand-Guignol can work even with today?s audiences. Though this genre is not often staged, it could be theatrically successful. The author of the work is convinced that it would be useful to revive the legacy of Grand-Guignol, at least by way of a project in which different ways of producing the texts could be examined.
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