Highlights of Czech Theatre - ADV0000077

• Title: Highlights of Czech Theatre
• Guaranteed by: Departement of Theatre Studies (21-KDV)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unlimited (15)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: combined
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. Mgr. Martin Pšenička, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): doc. Mgr. Martin Pšenička, Ph.D.

Annotation

Highlights of Czech Theatre: spring term 2025

Schedule: every week from Feb. 20, 11-12:30

Place: KATAP DAMU, Karlova 26

The course focuses on both text and performance analysis. We read Czech plays translated into English (all
accessibe online in moodle) and attend theatre productions. As part of the class students are required to watch
movies which provide us with an insight into the specific contexts of plays.

Attendance policy: as the class goes in series, only one 3-hour long class can be missed without any further
apology. For other absence, contact the instructor.


Presentations: Presentation should not exceed 15 min. PP could be used.

Class participation: the most important part of the class, everyone should read/watch/attend everything discussed.

Material: texts are accessible on moodle in English,

Performances: will be specified according to our needs and schedules. Performances vary – drama productions
(with subtitles or based on scripts accessible in English), non-verbal theatre, dance or physical theatre.

Tickets: prices vary from 20 CZK to 200 CZK.

Assignments: no extra assignments requires

List of plays and movies

Josef Topol: The End of Shrovetide + All Good Country People (movie)
Václav Havel: The Garden Party
Josef Topol: Cat on the Rails
Václav Havel: The Increased Difficulty of Concentratin + The Joke (movie based on Milan Kundera’s novel)
Václav Havel: Audience
Josef Topol: Goodbye, Socrates + Walking Too Fast (movie)
Arnošt Goldflam: The Usherette
Václav Havel: The Temptation + Lesson Faust (movie)
Petr Zelenka: Tales of Common Insanity + movie
Václav Havel: Leaving

Last update: Pšenička Martin, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (16.02.2025)