Jacques Copeau a slovenské divadlo
Jacques Copeau and Slovak Theatre

Summary/Abstract: Jaques Copeau dramatized the novel The Brothers Kammazov by Dostoevsky together with Jean Croue in 1911 for Theatre des Arts. It was then presented several times in his Paris theatre Vieux-Colombier. The dramatization was reflecting Jacques Copeau's theatrical ideas through which he succeeded to rebuild the French theatre in the middle of 20th century. This dramatization was presented twice also in Slovakia. By a coinci¬dence, it happened in the same Bratislava theatre - at Nova scena. First time it was in 1947, translated by Helena Malffova and Zora Jesenska directed by Drahos Zelensky. Various positive stimuli with respect to the Slovak dramatic art were brought up by this production. The second staging took place in 1967, translated by Katarina Belnayova, directed by Jozef Palka. The dramatization from 1911 was not anymore suitable for the theatre of sixties and the Nova scena troupe was not able to perform demanding characters of Dostoevsky creation.

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