Abstract
The text is a short reflection by Boris Jedinák on the role of the amateur theatre in the Czech compatriot villages. His chapter Amateur theatre as a tool of the language and cultural revitalization (Ochotnické divadlo jako nástroj jazykové a kulturní revitalizace) analyses theatre as a potential means of language and cultural revitalization of ethnic minorities.
The author focuses on a particular case of an amateur theatre in the villages of Kruščice and Češko Selo in Serbian Banat. He analyses historical development of the local amateur theatre activities that have been present with short breaks since 1921, and compares it to the contemporary state.
The study aims to suggest strong and weak sides of the theatre in relation to local community formation and the development of the local culture life.