Dve herecké podoby prvého slovenského Kráľa Leara

• Authors: Karol Mišovic

Title variants

EN

Two acting portrayals of the first Slovak King Lear

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

With the beginning of the Normalisation period, the drama ensemble of the Slovak National Theatre lost its position as one of the most progressive Slovak theatres. From the group of in-house directors, only Pavol Haspra (1929–2004) was able to attract some attention. During this period, he began to choose titles seldomly performed in Slovakia. One of these was Shakespeare's King Lear (prem. 25. 10. 1975). The production was impressive mainly due to the acting, as the reviewers especially praised the double casting of the title role – Gustáv Valach (1921–2002) and Karol Machata (1928–2016). However, to this day, no study has been written that would evaluate their acting from the current perspective. This paper aims to present the significance of Haspra's production and to demonstrate the different conceptual and acting shapes of the first King Lear in the Slovak language.

Keywords

EN

King Lear; William Shakespeare; Slovak professional theatre; Slovak National Theatre; drama acting; Pavol Haspra; Karol Machata; Gustáv Valach

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts
• Journal: Theatralia: Revue současného myšlení o divadelní kultuře (Theatralia: The revue of contemporary thought on theatre culture)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 137-156
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Karol Mišovic

• Theatralia, redakce, Masarykova univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, Katedra divadelních studií, Arna Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic