VIDEO: Monodrama II. Bohumil Hrabal -- Jarmilka (18. 4. 2013) 21/05/13
The second evening in a series of staged readings of chamber pieces by Czech and foreign writers is dedicated to Bohumil Hrababl. His novella Jarmilka (1952) is a rawly realistic fragment of the biography of a character from the Poldi smelting works in Kladno as well as an unsanitised account of the building of socialism in Bohemia at the turn of the 1940s and ‘50s. Director Vojtěch Bárta, dramaturge of the Činoherní studio theatre in Ústí nad Labem. More
VIDEO: Josef Kocourek: Marta, Marta, Marta! 1/2 (21. 3. 2013) 21/05/13
An evening dedicated to Josef Kocourek (1909–1933), an eccentric, intense and charismatic writer and teacher whose death occurred on the last day of March 80 years ago. Editor Michal Jareš and visual artist Vít Ondráček have discussed Kocourek’s life and work, while David Steigerwald read excerpts from his works. Jaromír Typlt hosted the evening. More
VIDEO: Josef Kocourek: Marta, Marta, Marta! 2/2 21/05/13
An evening dedicated to Josef Kocourek (1909–1933), an eccentric, intense and charismatic writer and teacher whose death occurred on the last day of March 80 years ago. Editor Michal Jareš and visual artist Vít Ondráček have discussed Kocourek’s life and work, while David Steigerwald read excerpts from his works. Jaromír Typlt hosted the evening. More
VIDEO: Czech Underground VII. Krystyna Krauze: Czech and Polish Underground (30. 4. 2013) 02/05/13
The Czech Underground is a series of lectures organised by the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University in cooperation with the Václav Havel Library. Its aim is to explore the collective memory of the underground phenomenon in modern Czech history. Speakers will include those who were directly involved in underground activities. More
