INTERSECTIONS OF THE CHILDREN´S THEATRE AND THE THEATRE ARISEN FROM THE SECOND REFORM OF THEATRE

The thesis is dealing with intersections between some chosen adult theatres on the one hand and theatres that have come into the being by doing the drama in education on the other hand. These interfaces point out the fact that there is no clear line between the children?s theatre and the theatre played by adults neither in terms of quality nor in terms of professionality of theatre. In this work, the term ?children?s theatre? has been dealt as theatre that was based on the drama in education. The leader of the group that is doing this kind of drama is a drama teacher. Also, there have been some performances mentioned in this work, e.g. those by Hana Franková, Alena Palarčíková or Irena Konývková. ?The theatre arisen from the so-called second theatre reform? is a term used for such a sort of creative work which has been to a certain extent inspired by Gorotowski?s work and his attitude to theatre. In the broadest range, not only work of Grotowski himself belongs to this area but also work of Odin Teatret or Gardzienice. The argumentation of this thesis is based on the performances of the theatres Farm in the Cave and Continuo Theatre that represent the most easily available ?living course? of its art in the Czech Republic. The performances by Farm in the Cave and Continuo Theatre have been mentioned in this work as inspiration and as a course book of drama art for drama teachers, not only in terms of chosen transmission means towards spectators (i.e. theatre performance) but also in terms of obvious principles of the theatre creativity and the attitudes to it (i.e. phases of preparation of the actors? group and phases of creating the performance). The work is submitting a list of points from the area of drama preparation, creation and realization of a performance, where both types of theatre stand very close to each other. By means of these points, performances such as the ones by Farm in the Cave and Continuo Theatre can become a valuable source of inspiration especially for those drama teachers who are directing their lessons towards the outcome in a form of a theatre performance