1979 » Czechoslovakia » Stage and costume design

ČESKOSLOVENSKO

The Czechoslovak exposition at the Prague Quadrennial represents only a narrow selection from the extensive work of Czechoslovak stage designers. That this is so can be documented by the fact that during the last four years, since the last Prague Quadrennial, a total of 105 Czechoslovak theatrical companies have produced approximately 2500 premiers. This is testimony on the one hand to the extent to which the theatre is popular in Czechoslovakia, and on the other hand to the important and irreplaceable role our socialist society has ascribed to the theatre. The great variety of genres - we have a total of 54 drama theatres, 15 opera and 8 operetta troupes, 14 ballet and pantomime troupes and 14 puppet theatres - as well as the variety of their repertoires / because all theatres in Czechoslovakia play an alternating repertoire/, the variety of styles seen in our smaller, experimental theatres, the variety of staging procedures used by our larger companies, as well as the variety of means of expression used by our puppet theatres, all lead to a colorful and complex scale of Czechoslovak theatrical art, which for a number of decades has been characterized by the high artistic level of its design elements. The exhibits shown in the Czechoslovak exposition document the productions of various theatre companies, but above all in their sum, they make it possible to trace the trends of development of our contemporary theatrical art, in which a constantly more important role is being played by the young generation which it characterized by a clear world outlook and extensive professional training and which has entered the arena of artistic struggles during the last two decades, This generation, which in accord with the present period of highly developed technology, has strict and rational thinking and is ridding the theatre of everything non-functional, while at the same time it has sufficient imagination to Imprint to its work the rhythm of the poetry of our times* Especially the puppet theatre has found in the young generation its venturesome artists, who with tools technically adequate to the times, create for their youngest audiences a colorful and joyful world of magic, imagination beauty and nobility of mind. Czechoslovak stage designers, together with all Czechoslovak theatrical artists which by their work, as well as by their PQ 79 exposition, to make an active contribution toward our better mutual knowledge* to international understanding and thus to permanent peace, which la the only way of ensuring happy future for mankind.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Petr Matásek

* 1944, Praha
Additional information: Graduated from the Academy for Performing Arts in Prague and currently operates in Puppet Theatre Drak. He teaches puppet theatre stage design at the Academy for Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU). Exhibited at the PQ in 1971, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991 and 1995.

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• Jana Zbořilová

Additional information: Born 1953 in Prague. Stage and costume designer. She cooperates especially with the West-Bohemian theatre in Cheb, with the Drama club in Prague and Theatre on the String in Brno. Since 1990 she lecturers at the Chair of Stage design of the Theatre faculty of the Academy of Arts in Prague. At the Triennial of the stage and costume design in Novi Sad 1981 she was the member of a team which received a Gold Medal for stage design (collective). She exposed at the Prague Quadrennial 1979.

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• Miroslav Melena

* 1937, Louny
Specialization: architect, set designer, costume designer


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• Pavel KALFUS

Additional information: Born in 1942 in Hořice. After graduation from the Sculpture School at Hořice he studied puppetry at the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he graduated in 1965. As a puppet designer he has been collaborating with all Czechoslovak puppet theatres /at Plzeň, Hradec Králové and elsewhere/. Since 1974 he works as stage designer for the Naive Theatre in Liberec, where he recently designed a number of productions with visually expressive puppets /May, Mad Pabo and others/. He participated in all important puppetry exhibitions, recently in Plzeň in 1976, at Opava in 1977 and in 1978 in Hodonín.

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• Jan Dvořák

Additional information: Born in 1925 at Usobí near Havlíčkův Brod. In the years 1945-49 he studied at the School of Industrial Arts in Jablonec n.Nisou. At first he worked as stage designer at the Spejbel and Hurvínek Theatre in Prague /1951-64/. From 1965 until 1976 he was the Superintendant of the East Bohemian Puppet Theatre DRAK and also designed sets for this theatre; he is now the art director of this theatre. Since 1954 he is a teaching assistant at the department of puppetry at the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague. He now only occasionaly works as a stage designer. He has participated in various puppet exhibitions.

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• Anna Cigánová

Specialization: teacher, costume designer
Additional information: Born in 1944 in Martin. She graduated from the Industrial Arts School in Bratislava where she specialized in ceramics and then puppetry at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where she studied with prof. R. Lander. She has collaborated with puppet theatres in Prague, Bratislava, Plzeň, Poznaň, Bánská Bystrica, Košice and also with Czechoslovak Television in Prague and in Bratislava as a puppet and costume designer. Among her foremost designs are the costumes for a production of I. Olbracht´s From Axslant Annals at the Alfa Theatre for Children in Plzeň and the puppets for Gogol' s Christmas Eve in Poznaň, and Kainar' s The Golden Haired Princess at the Central Puppet Theatre in Prague. She has participated in stage design and puppetry exhibitions. In 1976 she received a Prize of the Skupa Puppet Festival in Plzeň and in 1976 a Prize of the Slovak Literary Fund and the Union of Slovak Artists.

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• Milan Palec

Additional information: Born in 1944 in Soběslav. In 1973 he graduated from the The - atrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where he specialized in stage design. First he worked as a stag and costume designer for the Drama Studio in Ústí n.Labem, where he designed the sets and costumes for a number of productions including Comenius' play Diogenes the Cynic, a dramatization of Páral' s novel A Professional Woman, for S. Vasilenko' s balet Mirandolina, for Dideroť s and Schorm's Jacques the Fatalist and a number of others. Now he works on a free lance basis for various Czech theatres. In 1978 he participated in the exhibition at Hodonín and held a one-man exhibition in Soběslav.

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• Jaroslav Malina

Additional information: Born in 1937 in Prague. Graduated from the Pedagogic Faculty of the University and from the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts (prof. Tröster's class). After having completed his studies in 1964, he is above all at work at the F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec. He concerns himself also with setting for puppet theatres (The Naive Theatre in Liberec, Studio Y), with graphic works and painting. He took part in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad.

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• Alois Tománek

Additional information: Born in 1942 in Chrudim. In 1965 he graduated from the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where he specialized in puppet design. He collaborates with all Czechoslovak puppet theatres /for instance the Central Puppet Theatre, the Kladno Puppet Theatre etc./, but is also active as a stage designer for drama theatres /the Municipal Theatre at Kladno, The J.K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň, where he designed the sets for El Cid and Coriolanus/. He is now the superintendent of the Children's Theatre in Plzeň, where he recently designed several visually impressive performances /From the Pages of Old Chronicles, Lonely White Sail/. He participated in all large collective puppet exhibitions /Plzeň 1976/ and the exhibition held in Opava in 1977 where he received a Prize for Puppet Design.

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• Peter Cigán

Additional information: Born in 1945 in Bratislava. He studied puppetry at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he studied with prof. R. Lander between 1962 and 1966. After graduation he worked for eight years in Czechoslovak Television Bratislava, where he laid the artistic and technical foundations for making puppet productions specifically for television. He collaborates as a stage designer with puppet theatres in Bratislava, Bánská Bystrica, Brno, Košice and Poznaň. Among his foremost stage designs are the sets for Navrátil's television puppet serial The Hero Ivan, Kafka' s Masters of All Crafts and Brožek' s The Turkish and Other Wars, all at the puppet theatre in Košice and the stage sets for Gogol´s Christmas Eve at the Poznaň Puppet Theatre. He has participated in a number of domestic puppetry and stage design exhibitions.

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• Josef Svoboda

Additional information: Born in 1920 at Čáslav. Graduated from the Arts and Crafts College in Prague. In 1947, already during his college days, he was appointed décor chief at the Grand Opera of 5th May in Prague and in 1951 art director of the Prague National Theatre. Up to this day he has brought into effect more than 300 stage sets for theatres at home and abroad. He has scored his greatest successes by his contribution to the performances of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, of The Seagull by A. P. Chekhov, of The Last Ones by M. Gorky, and among olhers also to the opera Intolleranza by L. Nono at the theatre La Fenice in Venice and in Boston. He is the author of Laterna Magica and of numerous polyecran scene variants. II is entirely owing to him that the workshops of the National Theatre have developed into a modernly equipped forge being capable of solving even the most pretentious technical problems. Apart from stage design concerns he engages intensively in an exhibition activity. His participation in the Czechoslovak exposition at the Brussels EXPO 58, at the World Exhibition in Montreal, Moscow, Turin etc. belong to his most prominent successes in this field of activities. In 1954 he was awarded the title Laureate of State Prize, in 1966 the titel of The Artist of Merit, in 1968 the titel of the National Artist. At the 3rd Theatre Biennial in Sao Paulo he was awarded the Gold Medal being destined for the best stage designer from abroad. In 1969 he was awarded the Nederlandse Sikkensprijs and the Honorary Doctor's Degree at the Royal College of Art in London

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• Ladislav Vychodil

Additional information: Born in 1920 in Háčky na Hané. He is the chief stage designer at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava and the chief of the Department of Stage Design at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 1965 he received a Gold Medal as the best foreign stage designer at the Biennial of Fine Arts in São Paulo. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979. National Artist.

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• Helena Bezáková

Additional information: Born in 1936 at Oponice. Studied at tne School of Industrial Art and at the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava under prof. L. Vychodil, L. Purkyňová and prof. J. Mudroch. Since 1962 she was at work for the State Theatre in Košice, and since 1966 she has been working for the Slovák National Theatre in Bratislava as costume designer. Her most important works are costume designs to Hamlet and to Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare, to Atlantis by V. Nezval, to Dances and Tears by Zvon, to The Tragedy of Man by I. Madách, to Lady Macbeth and Aida by G. Verdi, to Norma by V. Bellini and to Svatopluk by E. Suchoň. She has collaborated also with the National Theatre in Prague, the Opera of the State Theatre in Brno, with the theatres in Ostrava, Olomouc, Košice, Banská Bystrica and in Prešov; abroad with the theatres in Sofia, Novi Sad, Rzeszów. She co-operated with the Czechoslovak Television in Bratislava. With her costume designs she took part in a number of scenographic exhibitions at home and abroad.

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• Květoslav Bubeník

Additional information: Born in 1922 in Kostelec na Hané. He has been working as a stage designer at the National Theatre in Prague. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 (Silver Medal for the stage design) and in 1979. Artist of Merit.

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• Ján Hanák

Additional information: Born in 1931 in Bánovce nad Bebravou. He has been working as a stage designer at the State Theatre in Košice. He participated in 1965 in the Czechoslovak exhibition at the Biennial of Fine Arts in Sao Pauto which was awarded a Gold Medal. He took part in the PQ in 1967 1971 1975 and in 1979.

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• Štefan Hudák

Additional information: Born in 1942 in Velký Šariš. Since 1968 he has been working as an architect at the Czechoslovak Television Studio in Košice. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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• Zbyněk Kolář

Additional information: Born in 1926 in Opava. He has been working as a stage designer at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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• Vladimír Nývlt

Additional information: Born in 1927. Studied architecture at the Arts and Crafts College in Prague. After having completed his studies in 1951, he started work at the Army Artistic Theatre in Prague. Since 1960 he has been at work as décor chief of the E. F. Burian Theatre in Prague. He collaborates with a number of theatres in Czechoslovakia and also with several theatres in the F.R.G. He is a permanent collaborator of the Czechoslovak State Film and of the Czechoslovak Television.

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• František Perger

Additional information: Born in 1937 in Kružlovská Huť. In 1962 he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava where he studied stage design under prof. L. Vychodil. Since 1962 he works as a stage designer at the Regional Theatre in Nitra. He also collaborates with other theatres, among them the New Stage Theatre in Bratislava, The J. G. Tajovský Theatre in Zvolen, the theatre at Uherské Hradiště, The Theatre of the Slovak National Uprising in Martin and with Czechoslovak Television. He has worked as a guest designer in Bulgaria in the Yordan Yavkov Theatre in Tolbukhin and has participated in exhibitions in the USSR, Hungary, Sweden, Brazil, Cuba, Egypt, Paris, Warsaw and Berlin. He has also exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial in 1967, 1975, 1979 and 1991. Information from catalogue 1999: Currently operates as director of set design in Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra and co-operates with other Slovak theatres, TV and film.
• Ludmila Purkyňová

Additional information: Born in 1928 in Hradec Králové. She has been working as a costume designer at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. She is an associate professor at the Department of Stage Design at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She participated in the PQ in 1967 (Gold Medal for costumes), 1971, 1975 and in 1979. Artist of Merit.

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• Otakar Schindler

Additional information: Born in 1923 in Stará Plesná. He has been working as a chief stage designer at the Zdeněk Nejedlý Realistic Theatre in Prague. He exhibited in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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• Vladimír Suchánek

Additional information: Born in 1934 in Gbely. He has been working as a stage designer at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. He exhibited in the PQ in 1967 (Silver Medal for stage design), 1971, 1975 (Silver Medal for stage design) and in 1979 (Silver Medal for stage design).

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• Vladimír Šrámek

Additional information: Born in 1927 in Prague. Graduated from the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts, the scenographic class of prof. Fr. Tröster. Since 1950 he acts as décor chief of the State Theatre in Ostrava. He realized there sets for dramas, opéras, operettas and also for ballets, collaborating within the recent years predominantly with the stage directors R. Koval, M. Nekvasil and V. Hamšík. To his most important designs belong the stage sets for Richard III, After the Fall, Médea, Saint Joan, Julius Caesar, The Seagull and The Shrewd. He took part in a number of exhibitions at home and abroad. As co-author he has participated in the publication Richard III, an analysis of the staging at the State Theatre in Ostrava. He is a permanent collaborator of the Czechoslovak Television.

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• Vojtěch Štolfa

Additional information: Born in 1921 in Kojetín. He has been working as a resident stage designer at the State Theatre in Brno. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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• Otto Šujan

Additional information: Born in 1930 in Zvolen. Studied the special line of architecture at the Slovak Technical College and stage design at the College of Musical and Dramatic Arts under prof. L. Vychodil where he completed studies in 1955. After having graduated he started work at the J. Záborský Theatre in Prešov, since 1956 he has been engaged by the New Scene in Bratislava where he is working up to this date. He co-operates as an ex-staff member with a number of Slovak theatres and with the Czechoslovak Television. His most important designs include the stage sets to tbe Periphery by Langer, Mamzelle Nitouche by Hervé, Hello, Dolly! by Stewart-Herman, The Threepenny Opera by Brecht, and from among the most recent ones The Emperoťs New Habiliments by Beneš, the West Side Story by Bernstein, The Karamasoff Brothers by Dostojevsky, The Lark by Anouilh. He acts as expert assistant of the Chair of scenic design under prof. L. Vychodil at the College of Musical and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava. He has participated in a number of scenic design exhibitions at home and abroad such as the Biennial In Sao Paulo in 1965, the exhibition of Slovák scenography in the Paris Odeon Theatre, the exhibitions of stage and costume design in the USA, ín Vienna, Leningrad, Havana, Cairo, Budapest, Paris, Chicago and in Warsaw.

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• Stanislava Vaníčková

Additional information: Born in 1927 in Prague. She cooperates as costume designer with the Slovak National Theatre and with the New Stage Theatre in Bratislava. She took part in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 (Silver Medal for costumes) and in 1979 (Silver Medal for costumes).

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• Adolf Wenig

Additional information: Born in 1912 in Prague. In 1935 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts; between 1939 and January 1978 he was the chief stage designer of the Municipal Theatres of Prague. He has designed more than 400 stage sets and costumes, the most important of which are Tyl' s The Shoemakers' Fair, Shaw' s Androcles and the Lion and a number of Shakespearean productions. He often works as a specialized costume designer and is the foremost representative of this specialization in our theatres /Jeppe of the Hill, The Pretenders, The Lentern/. He has colleborated also with a number of domestic and foreign theatres and often elso with films and television. In 1962 he received the title of Artist of Merit for his life-long contribution to the theatre. He has exhibited in a number of collective, as well as one-men exhibitions. At the Biennial in Sao Paulo in 1961 he represented Czechoslovak costume designs, he also participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1967, in 1971 /where he received a Silver Medal for costume designs/ and in 1975. He most recent one-man exhibition was held in Prague in 1974.

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• Joan Brehms

Additional information: Born 1907 in Liepàjà (Latvia). Between 1945-1977 he has been working as chief stage designer at the South Bohemian Theatre in České Budějovice. Author of the round stage theatre in Český Krumlov (realized in 1956) on the site of courtyard at Karlštejn castle he designed a variable theatre space (1968) and a polydimensional theatre device in open air in Mexico in 1977. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial 1967,1971,1975,1979 and 1987.

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• Alena Hoblová

Additional information: Born in 1940 in Prague. She has been working as a costume designer for the Czechoslovak State Ensemble of Songs and Dances. She participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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• Zdena Kadrnožková

Additional information: Born in 1930 in Prague. Since 1945 she studied at the School of Graphic Arts under prof. Vodrážka, special line of book illustrations. In 1947 she was admitted to the Arts and Crafts College, to the class of prof. Ant. Strnadel (free graphic arts being above all oriented to designs for ethnographic publications, to traditional and historical costumes). She is the author of illustrations for the book History of Traditional Costumes (Edition Orbis). Since 1957 she is at work as costume designer for the Municipal Theatre at Kolín, the National Theatre in Prague, the Realistic Theatre in Prague, and for the theatres in Ostrava, Brno, Bratislava as well as for the film and the télévision. In 1963 she organized an individual exposition in the foyer of the Rokoko Theatre in Prague.

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• Jarmila Konečná (Jarmila Konečná)

Additional information: Born in 1931 at Mladá Boleslav. Completed studies at the Public School of Graphic Arts and at the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts under prof. Tröster. She has collaborated especially with the F. X. Šalda Theatre at Liberec, with the State Theatrical Studio in Prague and the Prague National Theatre; to the most important works there belong the designs for The King Lear, Libuše, The Love of Three Oranges and others; she took part in the Leningrad production of Undine and in the Moscow production of The Orpheus in Hades. She designs costumes for the television and the film (The Hammer Against Sorceresses, The King's Error and others).
• Jarmila Křížková

Additional information: Born in 1937 in Prague. She has been working as a stage and costume designer at the Regional Theatre in Příbram. She participated in the PQ in 1971 and in 1979.

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• Jaromír Pátek

Additional information: Born in 1936 in Třebíč. Since 1967 he has been a chief stage designer at the Jiří Wolker Theatre in Prague. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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• Vladimír Synek

Additional information: Born in 1922 in Plzeň. After a period of study of architecture at the Prague Polytechnical University he graduated in 1949 at the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1948 he became employed as a stage designer at the S.K. Neumann Theatre in Prague-Libeň, where he later became the chief stage designer. He has collaborated with a number of theatres in Czechoslovakia, as well as abroad / the USSR, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Austria and Belgium/. He frequently also collaborates with films and television and sometimes works as an exhibition designer and graphic artist. Among his most interesting stage designs in recent years are Hrubín' s The Crystal Night, Corneille' s L' Illusion comique, Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night, Ostrovski' s Wolves and Sheep, Arbuzov' s In the Twelfth Hour, Petrov' s The Three Musketeers after Thirty Years and Klicpera' s The Magical Hat /the majority were done at the S.K. Neumann Theatre/ ; in Düsseldorf he designed the production of Chekhov' s Platonov and for the theatre at Lodž in Poland the sets for Maryša by the Mrštík brothers. He participated in collective exhibitions of Czech stage designers, most recently in Opava in 1977. He also participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971 and in 1975.
• Oldřich Šimáček

Additional information: Born in 1919 in Prague. He has been working as a stage designer at the National Theatre in Prague. In 1973 he was awarded a Gold Medal as the best stage designer from abroad at the Biennial of Fine Arts in São Paulo. He participated in the PQ in 1971 (Gold Medal for stage design), 1975 and in 1979. Artist of Merit.

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• Josef Vališ

Additional information: Born in 1929 in Plzeň. In 1950 he graduated from the Academy of Industrial Arts in Prague. He was the chief stage designer at the Theatre of the Working People at Gottwaldov, at the State Theatre in Ostrava and at the Municipal Theatre in Kladno where he has designed a number of expressive stage designs /Macbeth, Faust and others/. He also collaborates with a number of Czech theatres as a costume and stage designer. At present he is an assistant to the chief stage designer at the J.K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň.

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• Alois Vobejda

Additional information: Born in 1924 at Dolní Město. Studied at the Ukrainian Academy under prof. J. Kulec. Since 1952 he is at work at the State Theatre in Brno. He has realized more than 200 stage and costume designs for the State Theatre in Brno and for other theatres, for the Czechoslovak Television and the like. He took part in exhibitions in Berlin, Erfurt, Dortmund, in member exhibitions of the Association of Czechoslovak Artists in Brno, with the creative group of stage and costume designers „Brno 1965" in Gottwaldov,Jihlava and at Český Krumlov. Together with M. Tomek he organized an individual exposition at the Ethnographic Museum in Brno.
• Antonín Vorel (Antonín Vorel)

Additional information: Born in 1920 at Lomnice near Tišnov. In 1942 he started work at the theatre as a volunteer. Since 1945 he has been acting as stage designer, and subsequently as décor chief, at the theatre Slovácké divadlo in Uherské Hradiště, at the theatre Severomoravské divadlo at Šumperk, at the Julius Fučík Theatre and at the Theatre of Mrštík Brothers in Brno. He took part in a number of exhibitions; in the Exhibition of Stage and Costume Design 1945—1960 in Brno in 1960, in the exhibition Bühnenebildner der Jugendtheater in der ČSSR (G. D. R., Akademie der Künste Berlin), in exhibitions in Leipzig, Dresden, Erfurt, in the exhibition 15 Years of the Julius Fučík Theatre, Brno 1960, in the Interscena in Prague in 1966, in the exhibition Théâtre pour la Jeunesse dans le monde entier in Munich in 1967. He had exhibitions with the group „Brno 65" at Český Krumlov in 1966, in Gottwaldov in 1967 and In other towns. Up to now he has brought into effect mcre than 300 décors. For his scenographic work he has been awarded the Silver Medal of the Theatrical Harvest and the Mark of Distinction as Exemplary Worker of the Ministry of Culture. He is a presidency member of the Technical Council of the Scenographic Institute in Prague. He lectures at the drama and dance department of the Conservatoire in Brno.
• Miroslav Walter

Additional information: Born in 1935 in Prague. Completed studies at the School of Decorative Arts in Prague. Since 1955 he collaborates as external stage designer with various theatres and with the film (State Theatrical Studio — Ballet Praha, Musical Theatre in Karlín in Prague, Ballet AUS VN in Prague, Czechoslovak Ensemble of Songs and Dances in Prague, Czechoslovak Television in Prague, Studio of Feature Films in Bratislava, Regional Theatre at Kolín, State Theatre in Ústí nad Labem, Brno, Ostrava, Košice, Laterna Magica in Prague etc). He has brought into effect 90 stage and predominantly costume designs. He took part in the exhibition of stage sets and costume designs at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris in 1968, on occasion of the International Ballet Festival. He is at work at the Studio of Animated Films in Prague.
• Karel Zmrzlý

Additional information: Born in 1936 in Brno. He has been working as chief stage designer at the Mrštík Brothers Theatre in Brno. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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• Helena ANÝŽOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1936 in Plzeň. She has been working as a costume designer at the South Bohemian Theatre in České Budějovice. She participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979.

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• Štefan BUNTA

Additional information: Born in 1933 at Bytča. In 1959 he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava where he studied stage design under prof. Vychodil. Since 1961 he has been working as a stage designer at the Jonáš Záborský Theatre in Prešov. He has also collaborated with theatres in Olomouc, Košice, and the Ukranian National Theatre in Prešov. In 1973 he received a Prize of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR for his designs for a production of the Potter's Ball at the State Operetta Theatre in Kiev. At a festival of amateur theatrical ensembles in Yugoslavia he received the First Prize for his staging of Mroźek's The Cops. He has participated in all exhibitions organized by the Union of Slovak Artists. He has also participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1975.

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• Jana ČECHOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1943 in Chrudim. In the years 1962-1965 she studied at the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where she specialized in stage design; in the years 1965-1967 she studied at the same school, at the department of puppetry. Since 1968 she has been working as a free-lance costume designer for a number of Czech and Slovak theatres,such as the J. G. Tajovský Theatre at Zvolen, The Theatre of the Working People at Gottwaldov, the South Bohemian Theatre at České Budějovice and the J.K. Tyl Theatre at Plzeň. Most recently, she has been collaborating with theatres in Kolín and Ústi. Among her most important designs are costumes for Molière´s The Miser, Roshchin´s Valentina and Valentin and for Klicpera's The Evil Stag. She is also active as a painter and designer of textiles for interior decorating. She participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1975 and participated in the stage design exhibitions held in Opava in 1977 and in Hodonín in 1978.

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• Karel DUDIČ

Additional information: Born in 1918 in Opava. He has been working as a stage designer at the Zdeněk Nejedlý Silesian Theatre in Opava. He participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979. Artist of Merit.

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• Vratislav HABR

Additional information: Born in 1928 in Hronov. He has been working as chief stage designer at the F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec. He participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979.

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• Michal HESS

Additional information: Born in 1945 in České Budějovice. He collaborates as stage and costume designer with the S. K. Neumann Theatre in Prague, outside of Prague mainly with the West Bohemian Theatre in Cheb. He participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979.

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• Josef JELÍNEK

Additional information: Born in 1949 in Prague. He has been working as a costume designer at the National Theatre in Prague. He participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979. 1981 at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Design in Novi Sad his costume designs were part of the exposition which was awarded a Gold Medal.

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• Jarmila OPLETALOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1940 in Olšany near Prostějov. She has been working as a costume designer with numerous Czechoslovak theatres. She participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979.

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• Marta Roszkopfová

* 1947, Žilina
Specialization: set designer, costume designer
Additional information: Since 1974 she has been working at the State Theatre in Ostrava. She participated in the PQ in 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995.

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• Ladislav ŠESTINA

Additional information: Born in 1925 in Štítník. He studied under prof. Pirchan in Vienna. Since 1945 he was at the State Theatre in Košice as Head of Design. He has designed sets for drama, opera and ballet productions and also collaborates with Czechoslovak Television. Among his foremost designs are the sets for Chekhov' s The Three Sisters, Schiller' s Don Carlos, Gogol' s The Marriage, Dostoevski' s Crime and Punishment, Pogodin' s Third - Pathetic, Prokofiev' s Tale of the Stone Flower, Ibsen' s The Lady from the Sea, Smrčka' s Prince Rastic and Bukovčan' s The Ostrich Party. The Union of Slovak Artists has organized two of his one-man exhibitions, in 1971 in the East Slovakia Gallery in Košice and in 1975 in the Exhibition Hall in Bratislava. He has also participated in collective exhibitions held in Košice and Bratislava, and in mobile exhibition abroad and in the Prague Quadrennial in 1975.
• Marie WENIGOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1943 in Prague. She studied drawing and painting privately, and graduated from the Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague in 1969, where she specialized in the history of art. In 1970 she became the costume designer of the Municipal Theatres of Prague. Already as a student she collaborated with theatres in Prague and elsewhere in Czechoslovakia. Among her foremost designs are those for Jeffers' Médea and Schiller 's Mary Stuart. She participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1975 and in the collective exhibition of Czech stage design in Opava in 1977.

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• Alexandr BABRAJ

Additional information: Born in 1948 in Opava. After graduation from the Industrial Arts Secondary School at Uherské Hradiště in 1967 he worked as a stage designer in various theatres in Northern Moravia while at the same time collaborating with other Czech theatres and with Czechoslovak Television. Since 1975 he is the stage designer of the State Theatre at Ostrava, where he has designed a number of stage sets / for instance Masked Ball / and colla- borated in other productions as a specialized costume designrr / Man of La Mancha, The Wedding of Krechinski, François Villon /. He has participated in collective exhibitions of Czech stage design, in Opava in 1977, in Hodonín in 1978 and has also exhibited his work at the Triennial at Novi Sad in 1978.

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• Tomáš BERKA

Additional information: Born in 1947 in Bratislava. Since 1976 he has been working as a stage designér at the New Stage in Bratislava. He took part in the PQ 1971 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in the PQ 1979.

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• Rastislav BOHUŠ

Additional information: Bom in 1948 in Galanta. He graduated from the department of set and costume design at the Academy of the Performing Arts in Bratislava where he studied under prof. Vychodil. Since 1973 he workes as a stage and costume designer at the Jozef Gregor Ta - jovský Theatre in Zvolen. He also collaborates with other the - atres in Slovakia and with Czechoslovak Television in Bratislava. Among his foremost stage designs are those for Zeyer 's Radúz and Mahulena, Ostrovski's The Busy Place Inn, Beaumarchais' The Marriage of Figaro, Polarik's Incognito, Brechťs The Vision of Simona Machard and Druce's Birds of Our Youth. He has participated in a number of domestic and foreign stage design ex - hibitions and also in the exposition of stage design schools at the Prague Quadrennial in 1971.

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• Ladislav BRANČ

Additional information: Born in 1927 in Prague. In 1957 he graduated from the stage design department of the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He has been collaborating as a costume designer with a number of Czech theatres. Since 1970 he is a costume designer for Czechoslovak Television, where he specializes mainly in opera programs /Bizeťs Carmen in 1975, Weber's The Freeshooter in 1976, Prokofiev's Cinderella in 1978 and Janáček's opera From the House of the Dead in 1978/. Exhibits included in television broadcasts.

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• Martin BREZINA

Additional information: Born in 1909 in Východná. He was trained at a Building Trades Technical Secondary School in Prešov, at the Arts and Crafts School in Bratislava, where he studied under L. Fulla and at the School of Interior Decoration in Prague. Since 1944 he was the Head of Design at the theatre in Prešov, ln the years 1951-1960 he taught stage design at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and in the years 1960-1972 he taught art education at •the Philosophical Faculty of the University in Prešov. He is also active as a graphic artist and architect. In 1962 he held a one-man exhibition in Košice, which concentrated on his stage designs for Shakespeare's Hamlet. He has participated in a number of domestic stage design and applied art exhibitions.Abroad, he has exhibited in Havana and in Berlin. In 1969 he received the Order For Excellent Work.

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• Wladyslaw CEJNAR

Additional information: Born in 1921 at Doubrava near Karviná, he graduated from the Art Academy at Cracow in Poland. He has been collaborating with a number of Czech and Slovak theatres as a designer and is also active in other visual arts. Since 1950 he is the chief stage designer of the Teschen Theatre at Český Těšín for both the Czech language and Polish language troupes.

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• Milan Čech

* 1937, Náchod
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: In 1960 he graduated from the Industrial Design Secondary School in Prague, where he specialized in commercial art. Between 1961-1964 he worked as a stage designer at the Vítězslav Nezval Theatre in Karlovy Vary, between 1967 and 1971 at the J. G. Tajovský Theatre in Zvolen. Since 1971 he is the chief stage designer at the Regional Theatre in Kolín and collaborates with theatres in Gottwaldov, České Budějovice, Plzeň, Karlovy Vary, Pardubice and Czechoslovak Television in Bratislava. He also regularly works as guest designer at the Elbe-Elster-Theatre in Lutherstadt-Wittenberg in the German Democratic Republic, for which he designed, among others, the stage sets for Brecht's Don Juan, directed by J. Chundela. He has also collaborated with the theatre in Vaassa in Finland on a production of Janáček's Jenufa directed by I. Hylas. Among his most important stage designs are the sets for Daněk's Two on Horseback, One On a Donkey, Moliére's The Miser and Ostrovski's The Forest. He is also active as a painter and graphic artist.

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• Antonín ČELECHOVSKY

Additional information: Born in 1922 in Čechy pod Košířem, died in 1979. He had a degree in architecture and also graduated from the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts where he specialized in stage design /in 1950/. After designing for the stage for a number of years, in 1964 he became professor of stage design at the In- dustrial Arts Secondary School in Prague. He collaborated as guest designer with a number of theatres in Czechoslovakia, most recently with the Musical Theatre at Karlín in Prague. He was also active in the area of applied art and interior decoration. He participated in collective exhibitions of Czech stage design, most recently in 1977 at Opava.

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• Miloš DITRICH

Additional information: Born in 1927 in Prague. In 1953 he graduated from the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts, where he specialized in stage design. He has collaborated as guest designer with many Czechoslovak as well as foreign theatres; since 1956 he is a set designer at Czechoslovak Television where he has contributed to a large number of drama and opera programs. He has exhibited in collective exhibitions of Czech stage design, most recently in Opava in 1977. Exhibits included in television broadcasts.

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• Petr DIVIŠ

Additional information: Born in 1926 in Prague. In 1962 he graduated from the Academy of Industrial Arts in Prague. After working for a number of years as a free lance designrr for various Czechoslovak theatres he became in 1973 the chief of the design department of Czechoslovak Television in Prague. He has also designed a total of more than 300 stage sets for productions in various Czech Theatres, especially at Kladno, Brno, Plzeň, České Budějovice, Prague and else-where and over 50 sets for various television productions. Among his best designs for television were those for Řezáč' s The Battle, Dietl's TV seriál The Youngest of the Hamr Family and Pogodin's The Kremlin Chimes. Exhibits included in television broadcasts.

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• Marie FRANKOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1944 in Kopidlno. She has been working as a costume designer at Czechoslovak Television in Prague. She took part in the PQ in 1979.

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• Milica GEDEONOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1943 in Neděca (Poland). She works as a stage and costume designer at the J. Průcha Theatre in Kladno — Mladá Boleslav She participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979.

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• Petr GLEICH

Additional information: Born in 1935 in Prague. He graduated as an architect from the Prague Polytechnical University. After a short period of working as an architect, he became a set designer at Czechoslovak Television at Ostrava, where since 1964 he is the chief of the design department. He has also collaborated with a number of theatres and continues to be active as an architect. Together with a group of creators of the TV dramatical serial The Stone Order of Things he received a National Prize. Exhibits included in television broadcasts.

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• Danica HANÁKOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1953 in Bratislava. Since 1976 she has been working as a costume designer at the State Theatre in Košice. In 1981 she participated in the Czechoslovak exposition which received a Gold Medal at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Design in Novi Sad. She also participated in the PQ in 1975 (in the stage design school exposition) and in 1979.

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• Karel HEJCMAN

Additional information: Born in 1935 in Prague. In 1955 he graduated from the Academy of Industrial Arts. He collaborates with puppet theatres in Bánská Bystrica, Kladno, Plzeň and other towns. Since 1977 he is the chief stage designer of the Central Puppet Theatre, for which he has designed a number of visually integreted productions, such as for instance A Singular Beauty, A Bell Called Flíček and others. In 1973 he participated in a collective exhibition of the puppet theatre et the occasion of the Skupa Puppet Festival at Plzeň and in 1977 in Opava.

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• Jan HLAVATÝ

Additional information: Born in 1946 in Prague. He studied at the Academy of Industrial Arts in Prague and later stage design at the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he graduated in 1971. After working as a free lance designer with a number of Czech theatres he became an architect with Czechoslovak Te - levision in Prague. In 1978 he exhibited at Hodonín. Exhibits included in television broadcasts.

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• Zdeněk HYBLER

Additional information: Born in 1921 in Prostějov. In 1943 he graduated from Art School at Zlín and then studied privately. As a stage designer he has collaborated with many Czech theatres. Since 1968 he is the chief stage designer at the Theatre of the Working People in Gottwaldov. Among his most important and recent stage designs are those for productions of Rostanď s Cyrano, Wesker' s The Wedding Reception, Andreyev' s He Who Gets Slapped, Shukshin' s Energetic People and T. William´s Orpheus Descending. He has exhibited at various exhibitions of Czechoslovak stage design, most recently at Opava in 1977.

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• Václav KÁBRT

Additional information: Born in 1930 in Náchod. He graduated from the Art School in Zlín; he is active in applied graphics and as a puppet designer. He collaborates with puppet theatres both at home and abroad and also teaches at the department of puppetry at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Since 1954 he is the designer of the Puppet Theatre in Ostrava where he has designed a large number of productions, for instance The Little Hunchbacked Horse, Petrushka and The Witch, The Little Curious Elephant and others. He has participated in a number of puppetry exhibitions, for instance in 1976 in Plzeň, as well as in collective exhibitions of Czech stage design. At the exhibition in Opava in 1977 his work received an Honorable Mention.

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• Vojtěch KOLAŘÍK

Additional information: Born in 1938 in Hvozdná near Gottwaldov. In 1961 he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He works for Czechoslovak Television as a set designer; at the same time he collaborates with a number of various theatres. He had exhibited at Opava in 1977 where he obtained an Honourable Mention for his design of sets for the TV production of Gorki' s The Enemies, and in 1978 at Hodonín. Exhibits included in television broadcasts.

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• Vlastimil KOUTECKÝ

Additional information: Born in 1930 in Veselí nad Lužnicí. He has been working as chief stage designer at the J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň. He participated in the PQ in 1971 and in 1979.

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• Judita KOVÁČOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1945 in Horní Opatovice. She has been working as a costume designer at the New Stage Theatre in Bratislava. She participated in the PQ 1979.

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• Gabriela KRAJČOVIČOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1950 in Trnava. She graduated as a costume designer from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava where she studied under prof. L. Purkyňová. since 1976 she has been working as a designer in the workshops of the Slovak National Theatre. She has also designed costumes for the Hungarian Regional Theatre in Komárno. She has participated in various domestic stage design exhibitions and in the exposition of stage design schools at the Prague Quadrennial in 1975.

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• Ludmila PAVLOUSKOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1946 in Prague. She has been cooperating as a stage and costume designer with numerous Czech theatres. She participated in the PQ in 1975 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in the PQ in 1979.

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• Tibor PLATZNER

Additional information: Born in 1939 in Svodín. He graduated from the Pedagogical faculty of the Comenius University in Trnava where he specialized in art education. Since 1965 he works as a stage designer in the Hungarian Regional Theatre in Komárno, while at the same time collaborating with other Slovak theatres. He has held one-man exhibitions in Komárno and in Bratislava. He has also participated in a number of domestic stage design exhibitions.

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• Dana POGORIELOVA

Additional information: Born in 1938 in Bratislava. She studied graphics at the Industrial Arts School in Bratislava. Since 1959 she worked as a stage designer and puppet designer for the Puppet Theatre in Košice and since 1976 she is at the Puppet Theatre in Žilina. She has collaborated with Slovak puppet theatres, with Czechoslovak Television in Košice and with puppet theatres abroad, in Lvov, Tolbuchin and Rzeszow. She has participated in domestic puppetry exhibitions. In 1967 she received the Annual Regional Prize for her designs for a production of Feldek' s Botafogo at the Puppet Theatre in Košice.

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• Margita POLÓNYOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1948 in Bratislava. She graduated from an industrial arts secondary school, where she specialized in photography, and from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava where she specialized in stage and costume design. She studied under prof. L. Purkyňová and 0. Šujan and graduated in 1975. She designed the costumes for several productions of the Academy of Performing Arts Studio and collaborated as guest designer with the State Theatre at Košice, the Mrštík Brothers Theatre in Brno and the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. Since 1975 she. works as a designer at the Slovak National Uprising Theatre in Martin. She has participated in domestic exhibitions, the Prague Quadrennial in 1975 and in the stage design exhibition in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. She received the Gold Medal at the PQ in 1979.

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• Věra ŘÍČAŘOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1936 in Prague. She graduated in 1959 from the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where she specialized in puppet acting. Besides working as a puppet actress she is also active as a costume and puppet designer for a number of Czech and foreign puppet theatres /for instance at Brno, Hra- dec Králové and others/. She also has designed a number of acting costumes for her own troupe, as well as for others. 3he is now a member of the East Bohemian Puppet Theatre DRAK. In 1977 she exhibited her work at the Opava exhibition.

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• František SKŘÍPEK

Additional information: Born in 1923 in the village of Košťálov near Semily. He studied at the Academy of Industrial Arts in Prague and then at the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts where he spe - cialized in stage design. He graduated in 1949. After working for many years for various Czech theatres he became in 1970 the chief designer of Czechoslovak Television in Prague. He has designed the sets for a large number of TV productions, especially Smetana' s operas /The Kiss, The Brandenburgers in Bohemia, The Secret, Libuše/, as well as others, including the ballet Cinderella by Prokofiev. He continues to collaborate with various theatres, most recently with the State Theatre at Ostrava on a production of Goya. Sxhibits included in television broadcasts

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• Vladimír SMRČKA

Additional information: Born in 1943 in Prague. In 1968 he graduated from the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts, where he specialized in puppet design. After several years of direct collaboration with the theatre, he now is active above all as a costume designer who works on a free lance basis for theatres in Brno. In 1977 he participated at the collective exhibition of Czech stage design in Opava.

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• Miloš SOUČEK

Additional information: Born in 1938 in Lysá n. Labem. In 1952 he graduated from the Academy of Industrial Arts in Prague. Since 1963 he is the chief stage designer of the Slovácko Theatre at Uherské Hradiště. Among his most important recent stage and costume designs the following should be mentioned: Jirásek' s A Philosopher's Tale, T. Williams' The Glass Menagerie, Molière' s The Imaginary Invalid and Nezval' s Manon Lescaut. In 1977 he participated in the collective exhibition of Czech stage design at Opava.

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• Naďa Šimunová Balogová (Naďa Šimunová)

* 2.1.1953, Bratislava
Specialization: costume designer
Additional information: Costume designer at the New Stage in Bratislava. She has been working as a pedagogue at the Technical University (Architecture Branch) in Bratislava.

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• Romana TŮMOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1950 in České Budějovice. She studied at the Academy of Industrial Arts in Prague. She is the chief stage designer of the Theatre of the Working People in Most. Among her recent most interesting work the costume designs for Shakespeare' s Hamlet, for Čapek' s play RUR, for Drda' s Dalskabáty; the Sinful Village and for Gorki' s Vassa Zheleznova should be mentioned.

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• František VÍTEK

Additional information: Born in 1929 in Brno, a woodcarver. In 1949 he graduated from the School of Industrial Arts in Brno, where he specialized in sculpture. He works as a free-lance puppet designer and woodcarver for a number of domestic and foreign puppet theatres / for instance for theatres in Brno, Plzeň, Hradec Králové, Banská Bystrica/. He also works as a designer for the East Bohemian Puppet Theatre DRAK where he has greatly contributed to the high visual quality of the puppets and stage sets /The Pied Piper' s Instrument, Eulenspiegel, Janošík etc./. He has exhibited his work in collective exhibitions at Plzeň in 1976 and in Opava in 1977, where the designers of the DRAK Theatre received a collective prize.

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• Jaromír VOSECKÝ

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• Ján Zavarský

* 1948, Banská Bystrica
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: He is a stage designer at the Theatre for Children and Youth in Trnava. He participated in the PQ in 1975 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in 1979.

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• Martin ZBOŘIL

Additional information: Born in 1947 in Prague. He studied stage design at the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where he graduated in 1973. He has been active in the area of the theory of stage design and has worked at the Stage Design Department of the Academy of Performing Arts; for a short time he was also on the staff of the Theatrical Institute in Prague. He is now the stage designer for the South Bohemian Theatre in České Budějovice, where he has designed stage sets for Rigoletto and for Tartuffe. In 1978 he participated in the collective exhibition of Czech stage design at Hodonín.

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• Mária ZUBAJOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1950 in Bratislava. Since 1978 she has been working as an architect at the Košice Studio of Czechoslovak Television. She partici- pated in the PQ in 1975 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in 1979.

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• Jaroslava ŽÁTKOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1935 in Brno. She studied at the School of Industrial Arts in Brno; now she works as a puppet designer at the Little Theatre in České Budějovice /where she has designed for instance The Golden-haired Princess/. In 1977 she participated in the stage design exhibition held in Opava.

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• Jiří Procházka

Additional information: Born m 1913 in Pardubice, in 1938 ne graduated from the College of Architecture and Overground Workings ln Prague. Since then he collaborates with the theatre Východočeské divadlo in Pardubice externally. Since 1942 he was décor chief at the theatre at Kladno, since 1945 at the F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec, and from 1950 up to now he holds this function at the Oldřich Stibor Theatre in Olomouc. He collaborates with almost all the Czechoslovak theatres. Abroad he has brought into efíect stage sets for the Comic Opera in Berlin and for Bayreuth. He is the author of some 500 décors. Apart from that he makes projects of exhibitions and interiors (recently the interiors of the Musical Theatre in Olomouc). Since 1950 he is the holder of the Dinstiction for Prominent Work.