A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe

0474165 - FLÚ 2018 RIV US eng M - Monography Chapter
Sarkissian, Alena
The Case of the Oresteia. Classical Drama on Czech Stage, 1889-2012.
A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell, 2017 - (Torlone, Z.; Munteanu, D.; Dutsch, D.), s. 146-158. ISBN 978-1-118-83271-4
Institutional support: RVO:67985955
Keywords : Aeschylus * classical reception * classical tradition * Czech lands * Greek tragedy * historicism * national revival * Oresteia * political theater * radio play
OECD category: Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)

This chapter surveys the metamorphoses of staging classical tragedy on the Czech stage and follows the critical reception of the plays. The first timid attempts to stage the Oresteia culminated with the production directed by Jaroslav Kvapil at the National Theater in 1907. Later productions choose distinctive ways of expression, comment on contemporary social problems (e.g., Miloš Hynšt’s production in 1962), and examine the human condition in the world (e.g., Jiří Horčička’s radio adaptation of 1966).
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