Visegrad Drama I. : Weddings

Description

The editorial plan to publish four volumes of plays from four Central European countries was a joint idea of theatre institutions from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Within the framework of this joint project, each of the participating institutions is preparing one volume containing plays from all four countries from a predetermined period, translated into English. The final series of four volumes should be a representative selection of Central European drama of the 20th century. The first volume was published by the Slovak Theatre Institute with the support of the International Visegrad Fund. The thematically focused collection of plays under the title Weddings brings together several important works from the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the Marysha by Alois and Vilém Mrštík, Veselka by Stanislaw Wyspianski, Zavěje by Vladimír Hurban Vladimír and The Glass Slipper by Ferenc Molnár. Each of them is accompanied by an expert study and photographs from the productions. The conclusion of the publication is devoted to Marta Botíková’s study of weddings and family traditions in Central European rural culture and their reflection in dramatic texts.