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"You Have Served Me Well": The Shakespeare Empire in Central Europe (2023)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2023). "You Have Served Me Well": The Shakespeare Empire in Central Europe. Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance, 28(43), 83-114. https://doi.org/10.18778/2083-8530.28.06

Shakespeare has often served as an instrument of cultural colonialism. In this 2-part essay I argue that the current practice of Shakespeare studies in many ways replicates this pattern. By priming the discourse through Shakespeare, it perpetuates lo... Read More about "You Have Served Me Well": The Shakespeare Empire in Central Europe.

Performative Models and Physical Fictions (2023)
Journal Article
Drábek, P. (2023). Performative Models and Physical Fictions. Litteraria Pragensia : Studies in Literature and Culture, 32(64), 8-36

Arcadian Theatre is a concept for performance practice that uses fictional scenarios to engage participants in autotelic play that facilitates intercultural (inter-epistemological) dialogue. In so doing, the performance models of Arcadian Theatre ena... Read More about Performative Models and Physical Fictions.