Publication details
Postdramatic Tendencies in Czech Avant-Garde Theatre : Reconsidering the Case of Director Emil František Burian and His Production of "May" (1935)
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| Year of publication | 2026 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Pamiętnik Teatralny |
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| web | https://www.czasopisma.ispan.pl/index.php/pt/article/view/3154 |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.36744/pt.3154 |
| Keywords | avant-garde theatre; postdramatic theatre; multimedia in theatre; Emil František Burian; Karel Hynek Mácha; authorial subject |
| Description | This article analyses the production May (1935) by the Czech avant-garde director Emil František Burian, based on the famous Romantic poem by Karel Hynek Macha. The production combined voice-band recitation, music, dance and life action with the projection of photographs and film footage. The paper offers a new interpretation and contextualisation of the work in the context of avant-garde theatre, suggesting an alternative perspective and arguing that the production should be reconsidered as a post-dramatic phenomenon of the Czech theatre avant-garde. |
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