{"id":3993,"date":"2017-06-29T09:57:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T09:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/?post_type=product&p=3993"},"modified":"2017-06-29T09:57:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T09:57:57","slug":"miroslav-melena-scenographer-and-architect","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/product\/miroslav-melena-scenographer-and-architect\/","title":{"rendered":"Miroslav Melena: Scenographer and Architect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miroslav Melena (1937-2008) was without question one of the most important scenographers and theatre architects of the second half of the 20th century. He was one of the last of those who studied under Franti\u0161ek Tr\u00f6ster at DAMU in Prague; he took part \u2013 in tandem with the director Jan Schmid \u2013 in shaping Studio Ypsilon Theatre (now a legenday theatre), first in Liberec, then in Prague. Melena also worked with other theatres, both Czech and foreign, not only as a scenographer but as a theatre director. From the 1970s on, he dedicated his talent to theatre architecture, from roofing for open-air summer stages, right through to the redevelopment and reconstruction of theatre interiors. One has only to think of Archa Theatre in Prague, City Theatre and Reduta Theatre in Brno, Highland (Hor\u00e1ck\u00e9) Theatre in Jihlava, not to mention a range of theatres he worked on in the countries of former Yugoslavia. The publication was released to coincide with the exhibition of the artist\u00b4s life work at the Old Town Hall in Prague in June 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n