Postdramatic Tendencies in Czech Avant-Garde Theatre: Reconsidering the Case of Director Emil František Burian and His Production of "May" (1935)
Postdramatic Tendencies in Czech Avant-Garde Theatre: Reconsidering the Case of Director Emil František Burian and His Production of "May" (1935)

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the production May (1935) by the Czech avant-garde director Emil František Burian, based on the famous Romantic poem by Karel Hynek Mácha. The production combined voice-band recitation, music, dance and life action with the projection of photographs and film footage. The paper offers a new interpretation and contextualisation of the work in the context of avant-garde theatre, suggesting an alternative perspective and arguing that the production should be reconsidered as a postdramatic phenomenon of the Czech theatre avant-garde.

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