Challenges, Paradoxes, the Plays of Václav Havel: The Pig, or Václav Havel’s Hunt for a Pig
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: February 11, 2015, 19:00 – 21:00
A text that Václav Havel wrote from one day to the next, for his own pleasure and that of guests who had gathered at Hrádeček in the summer of 1987 to celebrate Olga Havlová’s birthday.
The programme included a genuine country pig killing and Václav Havel was tasked with procuring the animal. The dialogue, which the writer did not even include in his selected writings, eventually made a splash: not only did The Pig enjoy success as a quirky production by the Divadlo na provázku theatre, it also made it all the way to an off-Broadway stage.
The evening, which will be attended by some of those present at the birthday celebration and the creators of the Brno staging, will consist of a collage of memories, period film clips and the original text of the “pig-killing” fictitious conversation.
This series of evenings dedicated to Václav Havel’s dramatic texts has been prepared by Anna Freimanová. This season we are presenting the author’s shorter or forgotten plays, screenplays and drafts.