Scholarly Article
The Divinity of Director's Power. Karel Hugo Hilar - the First Modern Czech Theatre Director
Czachór, Sylwia
2013-01-01 · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne · Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Abstract
The aim of this research was to characterize changes in the perception of a function of theatre director at the begging of the 20th century. The Czech theatrical culture taking the pattern of great European theatre reformers of that time, created a genuine theatrical theory of directing. Its first representative and implementer was Karel Hugo Hilar. His work was based on an assumption that a director is the highest instance in a preparation of performance, that can be compared only to a role of a sovereign. Moreover, Hilar was the first in the Czech cultural context to call a director the creator of a scenic reality. A reality that would represent a current world view transformed by theatrical means and the creative imagination of an artist.
Keywords
20th Century Czech Theatre, Hilar, Reinhardt, Craig, theatre directing theory, scenic reality
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Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne