Sarah Kane's Plays in the Context of the Czech Republic

The thesis deals with the productions of plays by the British playwright Sarah Kane in the Czech Republic. It describes the process of introducing the author to the Czech theatre scene and briefly mentions how the theatrical press viewed her work before the plays were brought to Czech stages. The main chapter studies Czech translations of Sarah Kane?s plays. It focuses on the most important points of the translated texts and mentions relevant details of formation of each of the translations. The second part of the thesis focuses on the actual presentations of these translations on the stages of 11 Czech theatres in 14 different theatre projects. It primarily studies the critical reception of these productions in the Czech press and their importance in the context of the Czech theatre from the first production in 2000 to the last one in 2010.