“…noxiousness of my work:” Miroslav Macháček’s 1971 "Henry V" at the Normalized National Theatre
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F23%3A10480033" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/23:10480033 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=XwzIKkrLj6" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=XwzIKkrLj6</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/2083-8530.28.08" target="_blank" >10.18778/2083-8530.28.08</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
“…noxiousness of my work:” Miroslav Macháček’s 1971 "Henry V" at the Normalized National Theatre
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
The essay focuses on the 1971 production of William Shakespeare's rarely staged historical drama Henry V, directed by Czech director Miroslav Macháček at the Prague National Theatre in a new translation by Czech literary historian and translator Břetislav Hodek. Macháček staged the play shortly after the 1968 occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. The premiere of the play provoked negative reactions from influential Communist officials, including the leading post-1968 politician Vasil Biľak. Macháček's performance, which, in the director's words, was intended as a universal anti-war parable, became a political topicality that the newly emerging normalisation authorities understood as a deliberate political, anti-socialist provocation. The essay traces the background of the production, including the translation of the play, and the consequences of the staging for Macháček. At the same time, it attempts to unravel a number of ambiguities and ambivalences associated with the period of normalization (1970s and 1980s) and its research. A special focus is given to the production itself as it disturbed the audience with its ambivalence. In this analytical section, the essay works with Norman Rabkin's conception of Henry V, as presented in his essay "Rabbits, Ducks, and Henry V," which traces Shakespeare's complex grasp of the historical figure and the events associated with Henry. Macháček, who staged the play several years before this essay by Rabkin, pursued similar intentions with his stage concept. It was this unsettling ambivalence that carried within it the features of both a parable and a political gesture that spoke out against the communist occupation.
Název v anglickém jazyce
“…noxiousness of my work:” Miroslav Macháček’s 1971 "Henry V" at the Normalized National Theatre
Popis výsledku anglicky
The essay focuses on the 1971 production of William Shakespeare's rarely staged historical drama Henry V, directed by Czech director Miroslav Macháček at the Prague National Theatre in a new translation by Czech literary historian and translator Břetislav Hodek. Macháček staged the play shortly after the 1968 occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. The premiere of the play provoked negative reactions from influential Communist officials, including the leading post-1968 politician Vasil Biľak. Macháček's performance, which, in the director's words, was intended as a universal anti-war parable, became a political topicality that the newly emerging normalisation authorities understood as a deliberate political, anti-socialist provocation. The essay traces the background of the production, including the translation of the play, and the consequences of the staging for Macháček. At the same time, it attempts to unravel a number of ambiguities and ambivalences associated with the period of normalization (1970s and 1980s) and its research. A special focus is given to the production itself as it disturbed the audience with its ambivalence. In this analytical section, the essay works with Norman Rabkin's conception of Henry V, as presented in his essay "Rabbits, Ducks, and Henry V," which traces Shakespeare's complex grasp of the historical figure and the events associated with Henry. Macháček, who staged the play several years before this essay by Rabkin, pursued similar intentions with his stage concept. It was this unsettling ambivalence that carried within it the features of both a parable and a political gesture that spoke out against the communist occupation.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
60403 - Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
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Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2023
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Multicultural Shakespeare
ISSN
2083-8530
e-ISSN
2300-7605
Svazek periodika
28
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
43
Stát vydavatele periodika
PL - Polská republika
Počet stran výsledku
24
Strana od-do
153-176
Kód UT WoS článku
001253632900008
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
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