The purport and function of a regional drama theatre

The thesis focuses on searching the purport and function of the Czech regional drama theatres, that means public institutions of the scenic art, which are usually controlled by towns or districts out of three main cultural centres of the Czech Republic (Prague, Brno, Ostrava). We also define this term through four phenomena, which always must be in existence with every regional theatre: 1.)permanent building; 2.)public service for region; 3.)dramatic repertoary; 4.)professional actor´s ensemble. We regard the history of the theatre with these four phenomena and we also disclose the principles of scenicity, that next to its purely artistic functions has to hold no less important social, public and widely cultural functions, which means non-artistic functions. By means of analysis of theatre genesis as a public institution, we look for not only the position of regional theatres not the present, but first of all we try to find a creative way to work artistically there. The stage manager has to look for the most convenient style of the staging flowing from the dramatic text, not from his/her own ego. His/her poetics are in creative way determined by non-artistic circumstances and the stage manager according to the spirit of Max Reinhardt has to find the most suitable character system to transform one original dramatic text to one original scenic form to have to look for the specific poetics for the new dramatic text again. This eclectic access (also concerning dramaturgy) given by the monopoly position of the theatre and the structure of the audience, could seem as disintegrated if the actor´s ensemble does not integrate it markedly. Performing arts being based on a dramatic text is the most important part of regional theatres although their existence depends on many other things. This thesis reaches the statement that regional theatres in the public sphere are indispensable. Videlicet, they continue the deepest European traditions of the drama theatre and the theatre as a socially-educational function(Bildungstheater)