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Plays

The complete list of plays is available in Documentation centre

1960

An Evening with the Family
one-scene tragedy

1963

The Garden Party
play in four acts, domestic premiere 3.12.1963, Otomar Krejča, Divadlo Na zábradlí, Prague, international premiere 2.10.1964, Schiller Theater, Berlin

1965

The Memorandum
play in 12 scenes, domestic premiere 25.07.1965, Jan Grossman, Divadlo Na zábradlí, Prague, international premiere 13.12.1965, Schiller Theater, Berlin

1968

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration
two-act play, domestic premiere 11.4.1968, Václav Hudeček, Divadlo Na zábradlí, Prague, international premiere 14.11.1968, Schiller Theater, Berlin

1968

Butterfly on the Antenna
one-act TV comedy

1968

Guardian Angel
one-act radio play

1971

The Conspirators
play in 15 scenes, international premiere 8.2.1974, Theater der Stadt Baden, Baden

1972

The Beggar’s Opera
play in 14 scenes, based on a theme by John Gay, domestic premiere 1.11.1975, Andrej Krob, Divadlo na tahu, Horní Počernice, international premiere 4.3.1976, Teatro Stabile, Trieste

1975

Unveiling
one-act play, domestic premiere 29.12.1989, R. Ráček, Váha, Brno, international premiere 9.10.1976, Burgtheater, Vienna

1975

Audience
one-act play, international premiere 9.10.1976, Burgtheater, Vienna, domestic premiere 10.1.1990, Jiří Menzel, Činoherní klub, Prague

1976

Mountain Hotel
play in five scenes, international premiere 23.5.1981, Burgtheater, Vienna, domestic premiere 10.8.1991, Andrej Krob, Divadlo na tahu

1978

Protest
one-act play, international premiere 17.11.1979, Burgtheater, Vienna, domestic premiere 15.12.1989, Hana Kofránková, MDP Prague

1983

Mistake
one-act play, international premiere 29.11.1983, Stadstheater, Stockholm, domestic premiere 25.10.1992, Petr Hruška, Divadlo Rokoko, Prague

1984

Largo desolato
play in seven scenes, international premiere 13.4.1985, Burgtheater, Vienna, domestic premiere 9.4.1990, Jan Grossman, Divadlo Na zábradlí, Prague

1985

Temptation
play in 10 scenes, international premiere 23.5.1986, Burgtheater, Vienna, domestic premiere 27.10.1990, Jan Burian, Divadlo J. K. Tyla, Plzeň

1987

Redevelopment
play in five scenes, international premiere 24.11.1989, Schauspielhaus-Kleineshaus, Zurich, domestic premiere 30.3.1990, Karel Kříž, Realistické divadlo, Prague

1988

Tomorrow
historical meditation in five scenes, for the stage-craft magazine Rozrazil

2007

Leaving
play in five scenes, domestic premiere 22.5.2008, David Radok, Divadlo Archa, Prague, international premiere 19.9.2008, Sam Walters, Orange Tree Theatre, London

Photogallery: Dissident Václav Havel

Václav Havel revises his letter Dear Dr. Husák, 1975.
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