METAPHOR AND IRONY 2 - Divadlo.cz
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METAPHOR AND IRONY 2 - Divadlo.cz
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gained experience on both small and large stages. Small theatres obviously did<br />
not disappear and continued to attract creative and searching designers.<br />
A number of new little theatres came into existence (in Prague the Spolek<br />
Kašpar [Kašpar Company], <strong>Divadlo</strong> v Dlouhé [Theatre in Dlouhá Street], Pražské<br />
komorní divadlo [Prague Chamber Theatre]), as a rule bringing together the<br />
younger generation of artists.<br />
At the present time it seems that the starting point for the designer<br />
(director) is not the action, but rather the visual expression of the world of the<br />
play, of the situation, of the dramatic character. “Tröster's vision” is still valid,<br />
although on other principles and in another form: the set creates the cosmos<br />
of the drama.<br />
Marie Zdeňková<br />
Theatre Institute Prague<br />
1/ František Tröster, “Poznámky o scéně” (Notes on the Stage), Život (Life), 15, 1936-37, in Scénografie<br />
(Stage Design), Divadelní ústav (Theatre Institute), Praha 1982, no. 47.<br />
2/ Vladislav Stanovský, “<strong>Divadlo</strong>, škola, města (Hovoříme s Františkem Tröstrem)” (Theatre, School, City<br />
[A Conversation with František Tröster]), Kulturní tvorba (Cultural Creation), 1, 1963, no.7, in Scénografie,<br />
Divadelní ústav, Praha 1982, no. 47.<br />
3/ František Tröster, “Poznámky o scéně” (Notes on the Stage), Život (Life), 15, 1936-37, in Scénografie<br />
(Stage Design), Divadelní ústav (Theatre Institute), Praha 1982, no. 47.<br />
4/ František Tröster quoted in Vladimír Jindra, “Měřeno dneškem” (Measured by Today), <strong>Divadlo</strong> (Theatre), 15,<br />
1964, no. 10, in Scénografie, Divadelní ústav, Praha 1982, no. 47.<br />
5/ František Tröster, “Poznámky o scéně” (Notes on the Stage), Život (Life), 15, 1936-37, in Scénografie<br />
(Stage Design), Divadelní ústav (Theatre Institute), Praha 1982, no. 47.<br />
6/ František Tröster quoted in Vladimír Jindra, “Měřeno dneškem” (Measured by Today), <strong>Divadlo</strong> (Theatre), 15,<br />
1964, no. 10, in Scénografie, Divadelní ústav, Praha 1982, no. 47.<br />
7/ Magda Svobodová, “František Tröster a jeho okruh (Scénografie v kontextu české kultury)”<br />
(František Tröster and his Circle [Stage Design in the Context of Czech Culture]), doctoral dissertation,<br />
UK FF (Arts Faculty of the Charles University), Praha 2002<br />
8/ Magda Svobodová, “František Tröster a jeho okruh (Scénografie v kontextu české kultury)”<br />
(František Tröster and his Circle [Stage Design in the Context of Czech Culture]), doctoral dissertation,<br />
UK FF (Arts Faculty of the Charles University), Praha 2002<br />
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