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The Emergence of a Modern Pilsen and Struggle of the Czech National Party for the National Emancipation of the Czech Majority in Pilsen in the Latter Half of the 19th Century, Using the Krofta Family as an Example

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Morávková N.

West Bohemian Historical Review

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2016

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vol. 6

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issue 2

185-212

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This paper aims to describe the influence and fate of the prominent Pilsen family Krofta in the latter half of the 19th century and, based on his biography, show the typical process of the formation and development of national capital entrepreneurship and finance. It also attempts to illustrate the penetration of Czech influence into the city administration and local politics and capture the changes in the lifestyle of townspeople and the intelligentsia during the 19th century. The history of the Krofta family is a typical example of how the process of the National Revival reached its peak in a local setting outside Prague.

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A midsummer night's dream in Polish puppet theatres in Silesia - Mise-en-Scène by Jan Dorman, Josef Krofta and Marián Pecko

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Tomaszewska E.

Theatralia: Revue současného myšlení o divadelní kultuře (Theatralia: The revue of contemporary thought on theatre culture)

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2018

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vol. 21

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issue 2

95-111

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This article presents 3 performances based on Shakespeare's play: A Midsummer Night's Dream made for the Teatr Dzieci Zagłębia (The Zaglebie Children's Theatre) in Będzin (1965), Wrocław Puppet Theatre (2003) and in the Puppet Theatre 'Banialuka' in Bielsko-Biała (2013). They were created by the famous Polish creator, Jan Dorman and two artistic teams: Czech – under the direction of Josef Krofta, and Slovak – directed by Marián Pecko. The description of the three performances is presented in the context of the significant presence of artists from the Czech Republic and Slovakia on puppet theatre stages in Poland. Polish, Czech and Slovak puppetry collaboration became a reality at the end of the 1970s and took on a new quality after 1992. In Polish theatres at this time appeared stage directors such as: Brožek, Chalupová-Pěničková, Kopecký (Matěj, father and son), Krofta (Josef and Jakub), Nosálek, Pecko, Spišak, Štumpf; stage designers: Andraško, Doležal, Farkašova, Hubička, Lipták, Kalfus, Kuchinka, Kudlička, Polívka, Tománek, Volkmer, Zákostelecký, Zavarský; and composers: Mankovecký, Helebrand, Engonidis. At the same time, Czech artists such as Karel Brožek, Petr Nosálek, Jakub Krofta, became artistic directors of Polish puppet theatres in Katowice and Wrocław, which was an unprecedented phenomenon.

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Shakespeare in the post-1989 Hungarian Puppet Scene

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Reuss G.

Theatralia: Revue současného myšlení o divadelní kultuře (Theatralia: The revue of contemporary thought on theatre culture)

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2021

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vol. 24

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issue Special_Issue

151-170

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Although according to popular belief puppet theatre is a children's amusement while Shakespeare traditionally belongs to live theatre, in Hungary the two acting traditions seem to come together in the 2000s, bringing positive changes in both spheres. Theatre practitioners elsewhere in the Central European region have already experimented with ‘the third genre' (JURKOWSKI 2014: 33), namely, a new way of theatrical expression featuring actors and puppet elements on stage. Indeed, talented theatre directors could often find no work in any other domain. In Hungary, where puppet theatres were obliged to cater to no one else but a very young audience and were thus for the general adult spectatorship often overlooked, the time has come only in the post-1989 decades to explore this new and highly metaphorical theatrical language. The era has produced changes in puppetry training and puppetry as educational medium. Within this environment, relatively few stagings of Shakespeare were produced, although these included remarkable productions by Krofta and Balogh in 2006, and by Somogyi and Szikszai in 2018.

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The Emergence of a Modern Pilsen and Struggle of the Czech National Party for the National Emancipation of the Czech Majority in Pilsen in the Latter Half of the 19th Century, Using the Krofta Family as an Example

A midsummer night's dream in Polish puppet theatres in Silesia - Mise-en-Scène by Jan Dorman, Josef Krofta and Marián Pecko

Shakespeare in the post-1989 Hungarian Puppet Scene