JIRÁSEK, Pavel. Josef Skupa: the birth of a modern artist. Theatralia. Brno: MU Brno, 2015, roč. 18,, č. 2, p. 168-230, 68 pp. ISSN 1803-845X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/TY2015-2-5.
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Original name Josef Skupa: the birth of a modern artist
Authors JIRÁSEK, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Theatralia, Brno, MU Brno, 2015, 1803-845X.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60403 Performing arts studies
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL URL
Organization unit Theatre Faculty
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/TY2015-2-5
Keywords in English Josef Skupa; Gustav Nosek; Jiří Trnka; Spejbl and Hurvínek; UNIMA; Czech puppet theatre; Avantgarde theatre; scenography
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Josef Skupa was a leading avant-garde artist and puppet player with a background in visual arts and scenography. The article documents his life from his early cabaret experiments in Prague and his scenographic designs in Pilsen, through the innovative activities of his theatre company, to his international acclaim (which lasted from the late 1920s to the 1950s). The origin of Skupa's famous puppet double act: Spejbl and Hurvínek is addressed, alongside an account of the development of the puppets as artefacts and as dramatic characters that defined a key era of Czech puppet theatre and established a style known throughout Europe as 'The Skupa School'.
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