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Na troskách struktury: stati o divadelní sémiotice a strukturalismu roku 2008 (On the ruins of the structure: writings on theatre semiotics and structuralism in 2008) (2010)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2010). Na troskách struktury: stati o divadelní sémiotice a strukturalismu roku 2008 (On the ruins of the structure: writings on theatre semiotics and structuralism in 2008). Theatralia, 13(2), 150 - 157

An article reflecting on the state of theatre semiotics and theatre structuralism as presented by two collections of essays published in 2008.

Fletcherian dramatic achievement: a study in the mature plays of John Fletcher (1579-1625) (2010)
Book
Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2010). Fletcherian dramatic achievement: a study in the mature plays of John Fletcher (1579-1625). (1). Masarykova univerzita

The mature plays of John Fletcher, Shakespeare's collaborator and successor with the King's Men, have received little critical attention. This book analyzes the specifics of mature Fletcherian style, proposing a reading that agrees with the Baroque m... Read More about Fletcherian dramatic achievement: a study in the mature plays of John Fletcher (1579-1625).

The Roman Tragedies (2010)
Journal Article
Billing, C. (2010). The Roman Tragedies. Shakespeare quarterly, 61(3), 415 - 439. https://doi.org/10.1353/shq.2010.0006

This article is a critical account of the multi-media performance of Shakespeare's: Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra by Toneelgroep (Amsterdam), directed by Ivo Van Hove and Designed by Jan Versweyveld.

Dynamic melody recognition : distinctiveness and the role of musical expertise. (2010)
Journal Article
Bailes, F. (2010). Dynamic melody recognition : distinctiveness and the role of musical expertise. Memory & cognition, 38(5), 641-650. https://doi.org/10.3758/MC.38.5.641

The hypothesis that melodies are recognized at moments when they exhibit a distinctive musical pattern was tested. In a melody recognition experiment, point-of-recognition (POR) data were gathered from 32 listeners (16 musicians and 16 nonmusicians)... Read More about Dynamic melody recognition : distinctiveness and the role of musical expertise..

Margita Havlícková: Profesionální divadlo v královském meste Brne 1668-1733 (Margita Havlícková: Professional Theatre in the Royal City of Brno 1668-1733) (2010)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2010). Margita Havlícková: Profesionální divadlo v královském meste Brne 1668-1733 (Margita Havlícková: Professional Theatre in the Royal City of Brno 1668-1733). Theatralia, 13(1), 111 - 112

A review of Margita Havlícková's Professional Theatre in the Royal City of Brno 1668-1733 (Brno: JAMU, 2009).

Stríbrný, Zdenek and Zdenek Beran (eds.): Tušivá rozpomnení: Jezerní básníci [Shadowy Recollections: The Lake Poets] (2010)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2010). Stríbrný, Zdenek and Zdenek Beran (eds.): Tušivá rozpomnení: Jezerní básníci [Shadowy Recollections: The Lake Poets]. Brno studies in English, 36(1), 211 - 212

A review of Zdenek Stríbrný and Zdenek Beran's edition of Václav Renc's translation of the Lake Poets. The anthology is published four decades after its translation.

Interfaces of performance (2009)
Book
(2009). M. Chatzichristodoulou, & J. Jefferies (Eds.), Interfaces of performance. Routledge

This collection of essays and interviews investigates current practices that expand our understanding and experience of performance through the use of state-of-the-art technologies. It brings together leading practitioners, writers and curators who e... Read More about Interfaces of performance.

Long-term melodic expectation: The unexpected observation of distant priming effects (2009)
Journal Article
Bailes, F., Delbe, C., & Delbé, C. (2009). Long-term melodic expectation: The unexpected observation of distant priming effects. Musicae Scientiae, 13(2), 315-336. https://doi.org/10.1177/102986490901300205

This report provides a brief account of an experiment whose control conditions produced interestingly counter-intuitive results. The method adapted priming techniques to explore whether imagining well-known melodies would facilitate perceptual discri... Read More about Long-term melodic expectation: The unexpected observation of distant priming effects.

Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor (2009)
Book
Zlámalová, L., Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2009). Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor. Větrné mlýny

An edition of librettos for Bedrich Smetana's opera Dalibor by Pavel Drábek, Josef Wenzig, Ervín Špindler and Rudolf Vonásek. Introductory essays by Miloš Štedron, Pavel Drábek, Michael Tarant, Zdenek Nejedlý, Josef Bartoš, Bohuslav Karásek. Critical... Read More about Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor.

Ifigenie v Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis) (2009)
Book
Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2009). Ifigenie v Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis). Větrné mlýny

The first edition of the translation of Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis by Josef Topol with the philological help of Karel Hubka. Introduction, commentary and afterword written by Eva Stehlíková. Edited by Pavel Drábek.

Barrie Rutter (2009)
Book Chapter
Billing, C. M. (2009). Barrie Rutter. In J. R. Brown (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare (389-406). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203932520-28

© 2008 John Russell Brown. All rights reserved. At first, any activity that extended his hours away from home appealed; as he grew older, however, it was performance that attracted most. During the 1964 academic session, he was cast as Macbeth in a s... Read More about Barrie Rutter.

Craving the whole essence: The photograph as document, artwork, and framework in the theatre of Vs. E. Meyerhold (2008)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. (2008). Craving the whole essence: The photograph as document, artwork, and framework in the theatre of Vs. E. Meyerhold. About Performance, 8, 111-123

Report presented discusses the photographs of the theatre of Vsevolod Meyerhold as a document and artwork. Report aims at finding the hierarchical relationship between theatre and photo-documentation.

Vecer tríkrálový aneb Cokoli chcete: Prazvláštní hra z prazvláštní doby o prazvláštních událostech na prazvláštním míste (Twelfth night, (2008)
Book Chapter
Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2008). Vecer tríkrálový aneb Cokoli chcete: Prazvláštní hra z prazvláštní doby o prazvláštních událostech na prazvláštním míste (Twelfth night,. In William Shakespeare: Večer tříkrálový, aneb, Cokoli chcete: inscenační verze MdB (81 - 95). Městské divadlo Brno

An essay on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in the theatre programme for the production of the Municipal Theatre in Brno. Play translated by Jirí Josek. Play and programme edited by Jirí Záviš.

Masculinity, corporality and the English stage 1580–1635 (2008)
Book
Billing, C. M. (2008). Masculinity, corporality and the English stage 1580–1635. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315594194

The significance of human anatomy to the most physical of art forms, the theatre, has hitherto been an under-explored topic. Filling this gap, Christian Billing questions conventional wisdom regarding the one-sex anatomical model and uses a range of... Read More about Masculinity, corporality and the English stage 1580–1635.