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Crown

On Thursday 4 April 2002, at the very end of the 57th performance of 'Maria Stuart' at the Estates Theatre (premiere on 30 March 2000), part of the side scenery collapsed, injuring actress Iva Janžurová, who was playing Queen Elizabeth. She was saved from serious injury by the crown she was wearing at that moment.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Národní divadlo Praha - (National Theatre Prague -)


Additional information: The National Theatre is the Czech Republic’s representative stage. It is one of the symbols of Czech national identity and a part of the European cultural arena. It is a bearer of national cultural heritage and at the same time an arena for free artistic creativity.