Morávek's productions of Dostoevsky

This Diploma Thesis documents the remarkable theatrical project directed by Vladimír Morávek - a tetralogy of F. M. Dostoevsky dramatizations, collectively known as One Hundred Years of Cobra and its insertion in the context of other Czech stage productions by Dostoevsky. First, I briefly deal with the F. M. Dostoevsky's dramatizations in general. I am noticing the author's supreme fictional creations, I analyze their prerequisites for dramatizing and I am sketching the main themes of selected dramatizations. Then I am concentrating on the said tetralogy, which was gradually staged during the years 2003 - 2006 in the Brno's Husa na provázku Theatre (Goose on a String Theatre). (Specifically it involded the staging of Raskolnikov - Crime and Punishment, Prince Myshkin - The Idiot, Stavrogin - The Devils and The Brothers Karamazov: Resurrection). First, I am analyzing the concept and ideological line of tetralogy and I am mentioning the unifying elements of all productions. Then I move to the actual productions, which I analyze from the point of view of text and stage poetry. In conclusion I describe the day-long marathon of Stripping from the Skin, through which I summarize the director's intention about the tetralogy as a whole. The Morávek's project has aroused a considerable attention among experts, as..