Acts of Courage: Vaclav Havel's Life in the TheaterVaclav Havel -- dissident, human rights activist, essayist, philosopher, politician, founder and president of the Czech Republic - is known throughout the world as a hero of the human rights movement and martyr for the "right to write" (he was imprisoned many times under communism in his country). But few of us in the West know that he is also his country's most famous dramatist. This book tells the dramatic story of his life in the theater during three dark decades under communism, and the extreme risks that he and many otheres took to put on his plays. A unique interweaving of the influences of politics and theater revealed in a spellbinding narrative of the life of Vaclav Havel during Czechoslovakia's struggle for freedom. |
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... reason that he took the job . Nor was it Czechoslovakia's " antiparasite ” law , which said that if you did not work , could be jailed . ( In fact , you had to have a stamp on your identifica- tion papers saying you were employed ...
... reason that he took the job . Nor was it Czechoslovakia's " antiparasite ” law , which said that if you did not work , could be jailed . ( In fact , you had to have a stamp on your identifica- tion papers saying you were employed ...
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... reason for being in the theater . Now , after a decade of being both a banned playwright and an imprisoned one , what was his reason for being in the theater ? - I am definitely not what we call a " divadelník " a professional the- ater ...
... reason for being in the theater . Now , after a decade of being both a banned playwright and an imprisoned one , what was his reason for being in the theater ? - I am definitely not what we call a " divadelník " a professional the- ater ...
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... reason it seems to me that all ideas of “ political theater " are erroneous.32 In 1994 , twenty - seven years later , at a symposium in Plzeň with fel- low playwrights Arthur Miller and Tom Stoppard , the now - president Havel replied ...
... reason it seems to me that all ideas of “ political theater " are erroneous.32 In 1994 , twenty - seven years later , at a symposium in Plzeň with fel- low playwrights Arthur Miller and Tom Stoppard , the now - president Havel replied ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
A Young Writer Makes His Debut | 17 |
PART II | 25 |
Copyright | |
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