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DEVELOPMENT AND PROFILING OF THE LATERNA MAGICA COMPANY
Zápotocká, Eva ; HAYASHI, Lucie (advisor) ; JANEČEK, Václav (referee)
This thesis deals with the historical development of Laterna magica and focouses on the highlights of its operation through the years until 2009. It also provides information about establishment of dance group for its members, choreographers and ballet masters. Furthemore, if deals major titles and awards that have been gained throught the history of Laterna magica, and introduces the choreographer, dancer and teacher Jean-Pierre Aviotte as an important figure in the development of the dance company.
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From Operetta to Musical
Bár, Pavel ; SÍLOVÁ, Zuzana (advisor) ; CÍSAŘ, Jan (referee)
Dissertation thesis describes the evolution of popular musical theatre ? especially operetta and musical ? in Czechoslovakia after 1945. It analyses particular productions, follows important development periods of this kind of theatre as well as changes of attitude of communistic regime to its existence and artistic expressions ? not only in the overall context of changes in the theatre system or social and political situation in the country but also in the context of development abroad. Study mainly deals with events in major popular musical theatres (especially in the Karlín Musical Theatre in Prague) but it doesn´t neglect major productions of small or regional scenes. Dissertation proceeds both from existing literature and authentic historical sources, evidence and memories.
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Frank Wedekind's play Spring awakening at Czech stages
Macáková, Karolína ; AUGUSTOVÁ, Zuzana (advisor) ; KYSELOVÁ, Eva (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the work of the German playwright Frank Wedekind, especially with his second play called Frühlings Erwachen (Spring awakening). It also makes a short excursion into the history of Czech performances of this play. Using the recordings of two latest Czech productions - in Disk Theatre (2007) and in Theatre Komorní scéna Aréna (2008) it also analysis these two newest productions.
The bachelor thesis also mentions a historical context of Frank Wedekind's work and themes included in his other plays - Lulu (Lulu), Die junge Welt (The young world) and Franziska (Franziska). It also attemps to find typical themes of this playwright and their possibilities on stage of the contemporary theatre.
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Karel Dostal in between film and theatre
Burianová, Zuzana ; SÍLOVÁ, Zuzana (advisor) ; CÍSAŘ, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the life and work of Karel Dostal. The first chapter provides biographical data and tries to map his personality. The following chapters are devoted to his creative work in theatre and in film industry. The work is divided according to professional fields ? Karel Dostál as an actor and Karel Dostál as a director. Primary it is focusing on his scope in National Theatre, where Karel Dostál spent the longest part of his career. It describes several productions which he directed. Specifically selected productions are divided into several creative periods of his life, which carries significant changes in director´s handwriting. Most productions are supported by visual material and contemporary criticism. Another part of this thesis is an analysis of some of his roles in theatre and films. These descriptions of actor?s performance should serve as refutation of knowledge of Karel Dostál as an actor of small and inconsequential roles. Simultaneously, this thesis is pointing at whole range of raw material about fundamental personality of Czech theatre scene.
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Problems of an ensemble after 1989
Etlíková, Barbora ; CÍSAŘ, Jan (advisor) ; TICHÝ, Zdeněk (referee)
The thesis aims to sketch the evolution of the motivational and organizational subsystem after 1989 in the Czech Republic. In the first chapter the author recapitulates the evolution of this sphere in the previous stage which started in the second part of the fifties in Twentieth Century. She also deals with the evolution of theatre in general but she is only concerned with the moments which contribute to better description of the proper subject of the thesis. She only mentions them if there is a relation between them and the motivational and organizational subsystem. In the second chapter the author attempts to name the new impulses that have been brohught by the stage which has started in 1989. She searches their relation to the previous stage. Also in this case she deals with problems of theatre in general but she does this only if it improves the lucidity of the proper susubject. In the conclusion she recapitulates the principles which she has found and she attempts to describe their reference to the principles which are connected with the previous stage.
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David Jařab and Dušan D. Pařízek´s work in Komedie Theatre
Fleyberková, Klára ; SCHLEGELOVÁ, Martina (advisor) ; AUGUSTOVÁ, Zuzana (referee)
The topic of this thesis is the work of David Jařab and Dušan D. Pařízek - two of the leading figures in Komedie Theatre from years 2002 to 2012. It tries to capture some of the principles of both author´s work and focuses on their work on Komedie´s scene only. After a brief introduction to the history of Komedie Theatre and Pražské komorní divadlo (Prague theatre ensemble), this thesis analyses the theatre´s further dramaturgy, both author´s topic selection and their working with text. In the next part it gets to the formal elements in the authors´s plays - successively it describes stage design, costumes, music or visual effects. Last part of this thesis is about some common specific points that we could find in Jařab and Pařízek´s production, about their approach to acting and combining space and text. And in the very end there is a general reflection of Komedie Theatre under the lead of Pražské komorní divadlo besides trying to find possible reasons why these two figures helped to create such acclaimed scene. The objective of this thesis is to describe the work of David Jařab and Dušan D. Pařízek in Prague´s Komedie Theatre and to detect principles of their production and mutual collaboration.
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The Czech Postmodern Theatre and Works of Jiří Havelka
Kubák, Ivo Kristián ; MAKONJ, Karel (advisor) ; CÍSAŘ, Jan (referee)
The thesis is in its first part focused to describe the current generation of directors, who started official creative careers after 1989. It locates three basic lines of staging procedures and in the second part aims on five directors of this generation, which currently teaches in the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre of The Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague: Petra Tejnorová, Jiří Adámek, Martin Kukučka, Lukáš Trpišovský a Jiří Havelka. The latter is devoted to detail in the third part, which is based on available ctitic reflections of Havelka's work and tries to figure out how is this work received by critics and the public. Attachment contains complete list of Havelka scenical works.
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The image of villain in the "building" drama
Smetanová, Barbora ; JANOUŠEK, Pavel (advisor) ; BOKOVÁ, Marie (referee)
This thesis focuses on the characters of villains in the genre of ?výrobní? drama
and drama of the village in years 1948 ? 1957. The content and form of a
?building? drama were firmly bond by strict standards that have been artificially
created so the drama could spread the ideology of communism and became a
tool of re-edcuation of the citizens of ČSR.
The topics of ?building? drama were closely tied to political campaigns, which led
to their transformation over time. It is interesting to follow this development. At
the same time there are plays containing the same topics, the same intensity of
the class conflict and the same type of the common enemy.
In addition to the distribution of the characters into thematically similar groups,
their description and their examples in drama, a majority of this thesis is devoted
to the history and description of drama genres of the time. This procedure
proved to be necessary to understand the development of characters and the
growing class conflict.
The bachelor thesis deals with the development of relatively short period of a
?building? drama, and it is through the characters of villains. It is somewhat of a
first step for a more detailed study of this poetics. The ?building? drama has
become almost forgotten form. It is understandable, given its schematism and
slant it wouldn't be now possible to stage it, perhaps only as a theater
experiment. As a reader with the knowledge of the historical development and,
above all, knowing the crimes committed by the Communist party, which during
the period studied reached their monstrous peak, I was not able to maintain the
required distance. I doubt that it would be possible to anyone during these days.
Still, I find exploring of this time and drama challenging, since only knowledge of
history can avoid repeating the same mistakes in the present.
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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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