The Strange Case of Shylock: From a Figure of Tragic Dimensions into an Ordinary Jewish Bargainer

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Strange Case of Shylock: From a Figure of Tragic Dimensions into an Ordinary Jewish Bargainer

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article attempts to trace the reception of productions of &quot;The Merchant of Venice&quot; directed by Jaroslav Kvapil (7 April 1916) and Antonín Fencl (8 April 1916), in newspaper theatre reviews in terms of critical response embedded in the broader social and political context of the Shakespeare Festival held in Prague in 1916 during the Great War. Kvapil’s and Fencl’s respective performances of The Merchant of Venice were divided by only a single day. However, the two renditions were very different. Fencl became the exclusive and multifunctional creator of the performance, in which he rose to the task of director, stage designer, translator and performer of the role of Shylock. In contrast to Kvapil’s directing concept and Eduard Vojan’s vindictive but distressed, human portrayal of Shylock, which dominated the National Theatre’s stage, Fencl portrayed the Venetian Jew in a thoroughly comedic manner. Fencl’s “Jewish bargainer, hunching and skulking whimsically, bargaining secretively and in a neighbourly manner, negotiating cunningly and insidiously,” did not seem to win the favour of the theatre critics of the time.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Strange Case of Shylock: From a Figure of Tragic Dimensions into an Ordinary Jewish Bargainer

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article attempts to trace the reception of productions of &quot;The Merchant of Venice&quot; directed by Jaroslav Kvapil (7 April 1916) and Antonín Fencl (8 April 1916), in newspaper theatre reviews in terms of critical response embedded in the broader social and political context of the Shakespeare Festival held in Prague in 1916 during the Great War. Kvapil’s and Fencl’s respective performances of The Merchant of Venice were divided by only a single day. However, the two renditions were very different. Fencl became the exclusive and multifunctional creator of the performance, in which he rose to the task of director, stage designer, translator and performer of the role of Shylock. In contrast to Kvapil’s directing concept and Eduard Vojan’s vindictive but distressed, human portrayal of Shylock, which dominated the National Theatre’s stage, Fencl portrayed the Venetian Jew in a thoroughly comedic manner. Fencl’s “Jewish bargainer, hunching and skulking whimsically, bargaining secretively and in a neighbourly manner, negotiating cunningly and insidiously,” did not seem to win the favour of the theatre critics of the time.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60204 - General literature studies

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies

ISSN

2336-3347

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

6

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

5

Strana od-do

74-78

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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