Czachór, Sylwia2014-01-292014-01-292013Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2013, nr 5, s. 75–87798-83-232-2636-92084-3011http://hdl.handle.net/10593/9932The aim of this research was to characterize changes in the perception of a function of theatre director at the begging of the 20th century. The Czech theatrical culture taking the pattern of great European theatre reformers of thattime, created a genuine theatrical theory of directing. Its first representative and implementer was Karel Hugo Hilar. His work was based on an assumption that a director is the highest instance in a preparation of performance, that can be compared only to a role of a sovereign. Moreover, Hilar was the first in the Czech cultural context to call a director the creator of a scenic reality. A reality that would represent a current world view transformed by theatrical means and the creative imagination of an artist.pl20th century Czech theatreHilarReinhardtCraigtheatre directing theoryscenic realityArtykuł