1900 – NENÁPADNÝ ODCHOD JEDNOHO MUŽE. KONEC KARIÉRY PRVNÍHO ŘEDITELE NÁRODNÍHO DIVADLA F. A. ŠUBERTA VE SPOLEČENSKO-KULTURNÍM KONTEXTU
1900 – ONE MAN'S INDEPENDENT DEPARTURE. THE END OF THE CAREER OF THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL THEATER F. A. ŠUBERT IN THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT

Author(s): Otto Drexler
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural history, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), History of Art
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: František Adolf Šubert; National Theatre; cultural history;
Summary/Abstract: František Adolf Šubert, Director of the National Theatre from 1883 to 1900, was one of the first managers of Czech culture. With his organisational talent and ability to enter into public affairs, he put the idea of a national theatre into practice; an institution which is not only a place for staging first-rate productions, but above all a centre for the whole society. He managed to come up with strategies to bring new social groups to the theatre, as well as people outside of Prague - anywhere where residents identified themselves as being Czech. In this respect, an important role was played not only by the theatre trains, but also by the involvement of the theatre in large events such as jubilees and ethnological exhibitions. No less significant was the staging of unusual productions for less affluent groups. However, from its very opening the theatre had to face criticism from a host of theatre critics over the poor quality of its repertoire and its general orientation. Often the contradictory nature of the criticisms precluded the possibility of addressing them, and today it raises the question as to what extent the expectations of the professional public created adequate conditions for the National Theatre to operate in.

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