Theatrical documentary of performance art

• Authors: Dagmar Podmaková
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

M.H.L. is a theatrical production dedicated to the first Slovak professional female director Magda Husáková-Lokvencová, which combines documentary theatre and performance. Sláva Daubnerová wrote the script and scene concept and is director and plays the sole character in the play. She portrays the private and professional life of M.H.L. in a chronologically sequenced and mosaic-like fashion. M.H.L. is portrayed as an educated, broad-minded and intelligent woman who knows her own mind. She graduated in law and then took up theatre direction. Her private and professional life represented a series of ups and downs. Initially happy at the side of her husband, Gustáv Husák-successful early on as a politician, and flourishing in the theatre, she later had to struggle to survive and make a comeback to the theatre. Performer Daubnerová, enhanced the performance by using video art and sound design as important elements in the production.

Keywords

EN

documentary; performance; director; Magda Husáková-Lokvencová; video art

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 81-90

Dates

published

2013-01-01

online

2012-12-29

Contributors

author

Dagmar Podmaková

• Slovak Academy of Sciences

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-013-0109-5