Divadlo pro hrstku delikátních a vyvolených : polemiky o české básnické drama v šedesátých až devadesátých letech 19. století
A Theatre for the Delicate and Select Few. Controversies of Czech Poetic Drama in the 1860s to the 1890s

Summary/Abstract: In three probes, the study aims to describe the controversies encountered in the stage performances of poetic dramas in the era of the Provisional Theatre and the National Theatre. The study examines the critical reception of Vítězslav Hálek's drama Amnon and Tamar (1866) and his defense of the book drama. It also examines Jaroslav Vrchlický's polemic on poetic drama and the critical reception of Julius Zeyer's dramatic experiments. In all three cases, the common denominator is found in the absence of a large sophisticated audience, functioning in countries with a tradition of court theatres, which would be able to keep this type of artistically demanding plays in the repertoire.

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