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The correspondence exchanged between Jiři Voskovec and Jan Werich is a good source of evidence on the lives of two exceptional people living during a difficult time. The letters that the two legendary creators of the Liberated Theatre wrote to each other when their paths went in different directions after February 1948 (Jiří Voskovec deciding to return to exile, Jan Werich remaining in Czechoslovakia) are not only stunning testimony to their originality and artistic maturity, but also shed light on the lives of these significant figures in a bipolar world of iron curtains and cold wars.
About the company
The 2013/14 season in Theatre On the Ballustrade opens under new management, a new creative team: Petr Štědroň is the new head of the theatre, its artistic director is Dora Viceníková and its main artistic director is Jan Mikulášek. This team cultivates a poetics of staging work based on texts not originally intended for the stage, seeking out themes rather than stories, and exploring the possibilities of theatrical expression.
genres
Drama
THEATRE / COMPANY
Theatre on the Balustrade / Divadlo Na zábradlí
CZECH TITLE
Korespondence V + W
AUTHOR
Jiří Voskovec, Jan Werich, Dora Viceníková
DIRECTION
Jan Mikulášek
LENGTH OF THE PERFORMANCE
150 minutes
STAGE AREA
Middle
NUMBER OF TRAVELLING PERSONS
12
LANGUAGE
Czech, Subtitles available
AUDIENCE
Adult
AWARDS
Theatre Newspaper Award 2010/2011 (direction), Nomination for the Thalia Award 2010 (best female actor, best male actor), Alfréd Radok Award 2010 (production of the year, best set design, nomination for best actress), Award of the Czech Theatre festival 2011 (best production, audience award, best male actor)
