The melodrama "Heroica in adversis constantia Thomae Mori" as an example of Olomouc Jesuit sodality theater production in the context of Holy Week
The story of Thomas More became the subject of dozens of plays on many European stages shortly after his death, including school plays, operas and oratorios, traveling theater troupe performances, burlesques, etc. With regard to Jesuit production in Europe, very few complete texts of plays have surv...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Moreana
Year: 2024, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 192-208 |
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Jesuit melodrama
B Lenten meditations B Méditations du carême B Confrérie jésuite B Olomouc B Jesuit sodality B Régions tchèques B Czech lands B Passion Week B Mélodrame jésuite B Semaine Sainte B Thomas More |
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| Summary: | The story of Thomas More became the subject of dozens of plays on many European stages shortly after his death, including school plays, operas and oratorios, traveling theater troupe performances, burlesques, etc. With regard to Jesuit production in Europe, very few complete texts of plays have survived. In this respect, the Czech lands have a special position: Carolus Kolczawa's play Constantia in fide orthodoxa (1716) and the Jesuit melodrama Heroica in adversis constantia Thomae Mori (1727) have been preserved, the latter work in a set of 14 printed librettos of melodramas of the Olomouc Jesuit academic sodality. The Latin melodramas are related to the Lenten meditations and celebrations of this sodality during Passion Week and were performed on Palm Sundays. Our study will focus on a melodrama about Thomas More as a model of the theater production of the Olomouc Jesuit sodality during Passion Wee. L'histoire de Thomas More devint, peu après sa mort, le thème de dizaines de pièces de théâtre sur de nombreuses scènes européennes, telles que des pièces de théâtre scolaires, des opéras et des oratorios, des Hauptaktions, des burlesques, etc. Quant aux pièces de théâtre jésuites en Europe, très peu de textes complexes ont survécu. A ce propos, les régions tchèques occupent une position particulière : ont été conservées les premiers textes imprimés de la pièce de Carolus Kolczawa, Constantia in fide orthodoxa (1716) et du mélodrame jésuite Heroica in adversis constantia Thomae Mori (1727), ces dernières œuvres faisant partie de l'ensemble de 14 livrets imprimés des mélodrames de la confrérie académique jésuite. Les mélodrames latins sont liés aux méditations du carême et aux célébrations de la confrérie durant la Semaine Sainte et furent joués le dimanche des Rameaux. Notre article étudiera le mélodrame autour de Thomas More en tant que modèle de production théâtrale de la confrérie jésuite Olomouc pendant la Semaine Sainte. |
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| ISSN: | 2398-4961 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Moreana
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/more.2024.0167 |
