"Samson Figuru nese": Biblical Plays between Czech Drama and English Comedy in Early Modern Central Europe

Drabek, Pavel

Abstract

The first decade of the 17th century saw a new wave of biblical drama in Czech, with the plays of Rúth (1604), Šalamoun (Salomon, 1605), and Samson (1608) most prominent among them. This essay studies the dramaturgical similarities between these Czech plays and the English comedy as performed by travelling English actors.

Citation

Drabek, P. (2020). "Samson Figuru nese": Biblical Plays between Czech Drama and English Comedy in Early Modern Central Europe. In E. von Contzen, & C. Goodblatt (Eds.), Enacting the Bible in Medieval and Early Modern Drama (211-231). Manchester: Manchester University Press

• Acceptance Date: Sep 13, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Feb 23, 2020
• Publication Date: Feb 23, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jan 26, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 24, 2021
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Pages: 211-231
• Series Title: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Book Title: Enacting the Bible in Medieval and Early Modern Drama
• Chapter Number: 12
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3159-1
• Keywords: Baroque theatre; Czech baroque tragedy; English comedy; Samson; Ruth; Šalamoun; Biblical drama; Transnational theatre
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3701935