Passion Play of Železný Brod in terms of the genre character and influence of contemporary Poetics. „Genealogy“ of the play Cover Image

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Passion Play of Železný Brod in terms of the genre character and influence of contemporary Poetics. „Genealogy“ of the play

Author(s): Roman Schmidt
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural history, 18th Century, Theory of Literature, Drama, History of Art
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Theatre of the 18th century; neighbourhood theatre; passion play; Jesuit drama; Martin from Kochem;

Summary/Abstract: Theatrum passionale domini nostri Iesu Christi anebo Zrdcadlo umučení Pána našeho Ježíše Krista Spasitele, shortly Passion Play of Železný Brod, is a North Bohemian passion play from the second half of the 18th century. The article focuses on the genre-specific character of the play, including contemporary designations comedy and mirror. It pays attention to the religious context of the play, to the influence of Jesuit drama and contemporary poetics (Kolčava, Balbín) and evaluates the relations between passion plays from the regions of Giant Mountains and Lužické Mountains, whose still uncertain dating greatly problematizes this research.

  • Issue Year: 13/2010
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 3-12
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech