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Zpupný Krákal – Shakespeara Pro Naši Dobu [ Theatralia 23 / 2020 / 2 (198—202) ] https://doi.org/10.5817/TY2020-2-18 Zpupný krákal – Shakespeara pro naši dobu Filip Krajník The Upstart Crow. Scénář Ben Elton, režie Sean Foley, hrají David Mitchell, Gemma Whelanová, Mark Heap aj. Premiéra 7. února 2020 v Gielgud Theatre, Londýn, plánovaná derniéra 25. dubna 2020 (poslední představení Theatralia Theatralia před uzavřením divadla 15. března 2020). Psáno na základě představení 22. února 2020. ] Závěrem své klasické studie o Shakespea- divákovi 21. století. V roce 2017 měla pre- [ rově reputaci od konce 16. po konec 20. miéru první (a jediná) sezóna seriálu Will 23 / 2020 events events století Shakespeare’s Lives Samuel Scho- americké stanice TNT, která především [ enbaum píše: „Každá generace si musí dospívajícím divákům představila mladého znovu interpretovat dokumentární zázna- Williama Shakespeara v prostředí gende- 2 my [o Shakespearovi] skrze vlastní priz- rově, etnicky i sexuálně pestrého Londýna, ] ma a cíle a stanovit vztah mezi člověkem v němž zuří náboženská nesnášenlivost, a maskami ve hrách a sonetech“ (SCHO- ženy bojují o spravedlivé uznání a navště- ENBAUM 1993: 568, překlad F. K.). Každá vovat divadlo je „cool“ a „punk“. Na konci doba měla svého Shakespeara, který odpo- roku 2018 americká kina uvedla historické vídal jejím problémům, ideálům a zkuše- drama All Is True (v ČR kinopremiéra ne- nostem. Ve své nedávné publikaci, příznač- proběhla) napsané Benem Eltonem (kte- ně nazvané In Our Own Image: Fictional rý je českému divákovi známý především Representations of William Shakespeare Da- jako jeden z autorů historického sitcomu vid Livingstone hovoří o „dráždivě prázd- Černá zmije) a režírované Kennethem Bra- ném listu [the irritating blank slate], kterým naghem, v němž Branagh ztvárnil stár- je Shakespeare“, na nějž s oblibou projek- noucího Shakespeara, který se po návratu tujeme vlastní představy ani ne tak o tom, z Londýna do rodného Stratfordu roku jaký Shakespeare doopravdy byl, jako spíše 1613 setkává s chladným přijetím ze stra- jaký by podle nás měl být (LIVINGSTO- ny rodiny (Shakespearovu manželku Annu NE 2019: 325, překlad F. K.). Shakespeare Hathawayovou ztvárnila Judi Denchová) k nám promlouvá a vyjadřuje se k aktu- a zjišťuje, že na rozdíl od světa divadel- álním společenským problémům nejen ních her není ve skutečném životě pravda skrze své hry a jejich stále nové překlady, vše, čemu chceme věřit. Konečně od roku inscenace a adaptace, ale také skrze své 2016 vysílá britská stanice BBC sitcom mnohdy fiktivní životy, jež na jedné straně Bena Eltona Upstart Crow (u nás jej uvedla upevňují dramatikovu pozici kulturní iko- ČT v překladu Alžběty Šáchové jako Zpup- ny a na straně druhé z něj znovu a znovu ný krákal), v němž je Shakespeare (komik činí našeho vrstevníka, sdílejícího s námi David Mitchell) vyobrazený jako nespoko- naše každodenní starosti a dilemata. jený a nedoceněný příslušník střední tří- Od jubilejního roku 2016 (400 let od dy, trpící komplexy kvůli svému nízkému úmrtí Shakespeara) se objevilo hned ně- původu a nedostatku formálního vzdělání kolik fiktivních „životopisů“, které si vy- a vehementně se snažící vyšplhat po spo- tkly za cíl představit Shakespeara-člověka lečenském žebříčku, v čemž mu brání jak 198 Theatralia Theatralia ] [ 23 / 2020 events events [ 2 ] Filip Krajník Zpupný krákal – Shakespeara pro naši dobu pro – Shakespeara krákal Zpupný 199 Rachel Summersová jako princezna Desiree. princezna jako Summersová Rachel Obr. 1: Obr. Filip Krajník Zpupný krákal – Shakespeara pro naši dobu jeho protivníci (např. dramatik Robert který vycházel z divadelní hry inscenované Greene v podání Marka Heapa), tak přá- na West Endu roku 2010). telé (např. Christopher Marlowe v podání Převod seriálu Upstart Crow z televizních Tima Downieho). Jako opakující se vtip obrazovek na divadelní jeviště se ukázal seriálový Shakespeare v každé epizodě pře- jako šťastný nápad, a to hned z několika jíždí mezi Stratfordem a Londýnem a ve důvodů. Již původní televizní předloha se stylu moderního pasažéra si v dlouhých skromnou výpravou, lacině vyhlížejícími Theatralia monolozích stěžuje na nespolehlivost hro- kulisami a dlouhými, téměř výhradně inte- ] madné dopravy (v tomto ohledu současný riérovými scénami působí velmi divadelně, český divák snadno souzní s tím britským). takže návštěvníci představení (a dá se před- [ Podobně vděčným zdrojem humoru je po- pokládat, že většina hostů v divadle seriál 23 / 2020 events events stava dcery Shakespearovy domácí Kate znala) se již od počátku cítili „jako doma“ [ (Gemma Whelanová), která vášnivým bo- a nemuseli si prakticky zvykat na nové mé- jem za rovnoprávnost žen na konci 16. dium. Smích živého publika navíc dobře 2 století upozorňuje na sexismus v současné nahrazoval typický sitcomovský smích stu- ] společnosti a jejíž (zejména umělecké) am- diových diváků, před kterými byl původní bice neustále narážejí na nepochopení ze seriál natáčen, a umocňoval dojem televiz- strany jejích mužských společníků (včetně ní zábavy. Potenciálně odvrácenou stranou Shakespeara). přímočaré adaptace seriálu pro jeviště je Po třech úspěšných sériích (seriál ob- skutečnost, že až na délku představení za- držel několik televizních cen a nominací, chovává divadelní The Upstart Crow v pod- např. na cenu BAFTA či cenu britské Krá- statě beze zbytku formát a podobu původ- lovské televizní společnosti) a dvou vánoč- ního díla a svému divákovi se nepokouší ních speciálech se začátkem tohoto roku nabídnout nic víc (ani nic méně), než co měl Eltonův Shakespeare na necelé tři mě- by mu poskytla jedna dlouhá epizoda jeho síce přesunout na West End se samostat- oblíbeného programu během sledování ným příběhem odehrávajícím se necelých z gauče. Na jednu stranu byla toto od tvůr- deset let po zatím poslední epizodě seriálu. ců inscenace logická volba a většinu pří- Stejně jako všechna anglická divadla však znivců seriálu zřejmě potěšila, na stranu ] musel i londýnský Gielgud Theatre, který druhou se jednalo snad až příliš o sázku 2 představení hostil, z epidemických důvo- na jistotu. dů v polovině března zavřít a The Upstart Podobně jako jednotlivé díly původního / 2020 23 Crow (název hry je od seriálu odlišen jen seriálu i The Upstart Crow kopíruje ikonic- [ určitým členem) se dočkal ani ne poloviny ké situace z několika Shakespearových her. plánovaných představení. I tak však insce- Po ztroskotání jejich lodi se do Londýna nace stačila zaznamenat úspěch na straně dostanou dvojčata z egyptského královské- diváků i kritiků a bylo by s podivem, kdy- ho rodu, princ Arragon a princezna Desi- Theatralia by autoři nechali potenciál projektu zcela ree, kteří, aniž by o sobě navzájem věděli, ležet ladem a v budoucnu bychom se ne- postupně oba v přestrojení skončí v Shake- dočkali buď jeho znovuuvedení, nebo te- spearových službách a zamilují se do dcery levizní adaptace (podobný osud ostatně jeho bytné Kate (odkaz na Večer tříkrálový, potkal televizní revival kultovního britské- méně očividně na Antonia a Kleopatru, ho sitcomu Jistě, pane premiére z roku 2013, později i na Othella). Shakespeare sám trpí 200 Filip Krajník Zpupný krákal – Shakespeara pro naši dobu Theatralia Theatralia ] [ 23 / 2020 events events [ 2 ] Obr. 2: Helen Monksová, Mark Heap, Gemma Whelanová, Danielle Phillipsová, Rob Rouse, David Mitchell, Rachel Summersová a Jason Callender v The Upstart Crow. Foto: Johan Persson melancholií ze smrti svého syna Hamneta pomůže splnit jeho sen a inspiruje ho (re- a obává se, že se nedokáže zavděčit novému spektive jeho dcery) k napsání nejlepší je- králi (píše se rok 1605, tedy začátek vlády vištní poznámky v dějinách divadla (odkaz krále Jakuba I.) a napsat pro něj dostateč- na Zimní pohádku). ně „sexuálně transgresivní hru“ s hrdinou, Vedle variací na známé seriálové vtipy který je cizincem ve většinové společnosti (odkazy na Shakespearovo plagiátorství či a s nímž by se mohl král Jakub coby Skot na jeho ustupující vlasy) je pro Eltona jed- ztotožnit – jak požaduje principál Shake- ním z nejvěčnějších zdrojů humoru sou- spearovy herecké družiny Richard Bur- časné lpění na politické korektnosti. Přes- bage (Steve Speirs). Pomoc se Shakespeare tože hra sama o sobě nese étos sociální pokouší najít jednak u puritánského lékaře rozmanitosti a spravedlnosti a liberálního Johna Halla (který v podání Marka Heapa smýšlení (Elton býval sám politicky aktivní nahrazuje Shakespearova seriálového ar- a podporoval britské labouristy a zelené), cinepřítele Roberta Greena), ale i v četbě kdykoliv dostane příležitost, neodpustí si anonymní kronikářské hry o králi Leirovi, drobný šťouchanec například směrem ke která mu vnukne nápad rozdělit své jmění castingu černošských herců v historických mezi své dcery a nechat se jimi obletovat, dramatech (Desiree na londýnské ulici: zatímco on bude v klidu psát svou hru. Do „S nadšením zjišťuji, že příslušníci černé, toho se Kate (jež se stále nevzdala snu stát asijské a ostatních menšinových etnických se herečkou) rozhodne zakročit proti týrá- skupin se mohli v 16. a 17. století bez po- ní zvířat a z divadla Globe ukradne tančící- všimnutí procházet po Anglii, jak historic- ho medvěda, který nakonec Shakespearovi ká kostýmová dramata v nějaké osvícenější 201 době zajisté dosvědčí.“) či identitární po- status klasika, (The) Upstart Crow splňuje litiku (Susanna Shakespearová poté, co ji obě tyto role bezezbytku. Na jedné stra- doktor Hall požádá o ruku: „A určitě jste ně je i pro neanglického diváka snadné doktor?“ Dr. Hall: „Ale jistě, protože se tak se s Eltonovým (a Mitchellovým) Shake- identifikuji.“).
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