William shakespeare hamlet czechoslovakia
William shakespeare hamlet czechoslovakia
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Dramaturgy of "Hamlet"(s) in Czech Theatre between 2000 and 2023
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https://doi.org/10.18778/2083-8530.28.09 Crossmark check for upKeywords:
Hamlet, dramaturgy, directing, post-modern theatre, performance analysis, Czech theatreAbstract
The paper focuses on five Czech productions of Hamlet that attracted the most critical and public attention between 2000 and 2023.
Namely, the productions directed by Miroslav Krobot (2006), Jan Mikulášek (2009), Daniela Špinar (2013), Michal Dočekal (2021) and finally the most recent version by Jakub Čermák (2022). All five performances could be seen as contemporary reinterpretations of a classical text using a (post-)modern stylistic approach, as examples of post-millennium Hamlets.
The paper discusses dramaturgical choices (such as the conceptualisation of the ghost, the mousetrap scene