2023
A Constant Struggle for Freedom : Edward Albee in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic
KAČER, TomášZákladní údaje
Originální název
A Constant Struggle for Freedom : Edward Albee in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic
Autoři
KAČER, Tomáš (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)
Vydání
Leiden, Albee Abroad, od s. 15-35, 21 s. New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies, Volume: 5, 2023
Nakladatel
Brill
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize
Obor
60206 Specific literatures
Stát vydavatele
Nizozemské království
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Forma vydání
elektronická verze "online"
Odkazy
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14210/23:00131258
Organizační jednotka
Filozofická fakulta
ISBN
978-90-04-54412-3
Klíčová slova anglicky
Edward Albee; Czechoslovakia; absurdism; censorship
Štítky
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 3. 3. 2024 11:53, Mgr. Pavla Martinková
Anotace
V originále
Czech productions of Edward Albee’s dramas have been a drama in themselves, revealingly aligned with crucial phases in the country’s political history. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was first staged in Czechoslovakia in 1963, coinciding with the author’s visit to the country during rehearsals. Albee’s instant popularity among audiences ran parallel to an intense critical dispute over the nature of his writing. While one group of critics argued that the play was realist and critical of American values and thus prevented potential censorship, another welcomed Albee as a representative of the fresh, young, and progressive absurdist strain of theater reflecting a general thawing of the Communist regime in the country at the time. A second phase in Albee’s reception began with the Czech production of A Delicate Balance in 1969. That play, understood as a commentary on the 1968 Soviet invasion that effectively ended the Prague Spring, marked Albee as a problematic author for Czechoslovak censorship, a stigma that lasted until the end of the Communist regime in 1989. In the phase unfolding since then, Czech productions of Albee have seen continuous struggles over interpretation. The Czech “director’s theater” staging tradition led to a disregard of stage directions, prescribed scenography, and actors’ ages, thus shifting the plays’ message significantly. Through case studies of several landmark productions in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, this chapter presents a history of Czech Albee productions and criticism as a constant struggle for freedom of various kinds: of interpretation, speech, and artistic expression.
Návaznosti
MUNI/A/1054/2022, interní kód MU |
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