The Drama Club (Prague)

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The Drama Club (Czech: Činoherní klub) is a theatre located in Prague.

The Drama Club was founded by Ladislav Smoček and Jaroslav Vostrý. The opening performance of Piknik took place on 3 March 1965. The actors in the 1970s and 1980s included Petr Čepek, Pavel Landovský, Josef Somr, Jiří Kodet, Jirina Trebicka, Libuše Šafránková and Josef Abrhám. On 19 November 1989, two days after the Velvet revolution, the Civic Forum was founded there. The Drama Club was awarded Alfréd Radok Award in category Theatre of the Year in 2002, and 2008. The current actors include Jaromír Dulava, Ivana Chýlková, Ondřej Vetchý and Petr Nárožný.

Selected performances

2008 – Ptákovina (The Blunder) by Milan Kundera, directed by Ladislav Smoček

2006 – American Buffalo by David Mamet, d. Ondřej Sokol

2005 – The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, d. Ondřej Sokol

2004 – The Goat, or, Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee, d. Martin Čičvák, co-production with Slovak Arena Theatre

2004 – Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet, d. Ondřej Sokol

2002 – The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh, d. Ondřej Sokol

2000 – Return to the Desert by Bernard-Marie Koltès, d. Roman Polák

1992 – The Miser by Molière, d. Vladimír Strnisko

1991 – Mumraj (The Dance of Fools) by Leo Birinski, d. Ladislav Smoček

1989 – I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal, d. Ivo Krobot

1986 – Noises Off by Michael Frayn, d. Jiří Menzel

1982 – The Gamblers by Nikolai Gogol, d. Ladislav Smoček

1981 – Něžný barbar by Bohumil Hrabal, d. Ivo Krobot

1981 – Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald by Ödön von Horváth, d. Ladislav Smoček

1978 – Tři v tom by Jaroslav Vostrý, d. Jiří Menzel

1970 – Hurá na Bastilu by Jan Vodňanský and Petr Skoumal, d. Petr Skoumal

1969 – Hodinový hoteliér by Pavel Landovský, d. Evald Schorm

1967 – The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter, d. Jaroslav Vostrý

1967 – The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, d. Jan Kačer

1966 – Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, d. Evald Schorm

1966 – Dr. Burke's Strange Afternoon , written and directed by Ladislav Smoček

1965 – Piknik, written and directed by Ladislav Smoček

References

The Drama Club (Prague) Wikipedia

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