Background
His father was an officer in The Czechoslovakian Army.
His father was an officer in The Czechoslovakian Army.
After studying at a secondary school in Plzeň he graduated as a theatre director from the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) in 1956.
He comes from a family with a military tradition. His schoolmate there was for example Václav Hudeček and one of his professors was for also František Salzer. He started his career in The City Theatre in Benešov (1956–1957), then he was active in Brno (1957–1960) and in 1960 got a place as a director in Laterna magika in Prague.
And after few more years he decided to move to the National theatre company where he in 1965 co-founded The Drama Club (Činoherní klub), where he remains employed as a playwright and director till the present.
In the period between 1992 – 1993 he was a director of the Vinohrady Theatre and he acted there as a director on a few occasions since that time. Though he wrote less than ten plays, he is together with Václav Havel and Pavel Kohout one of the most performed Czechoslovakian playwrights.
Doctor 2006 – Les Liaisons dangereuses by Christopher Hampton, District of Columbia 2005 – Maine and Jezebel by Elizabeth Fuller, Divadlo Ungelt 2004 – The Businessman from Smyrna by Carlo Goldoni, District of Columbia 2003 – Driving Mission Daisy by Alfred Uhry, Divadlo Ungelt 2002 – Mask and The Face by Luigi Chiarelli, District of Columbia 2001 – Deskový statek by Václav Štechnical District of Columbia 1999 – Marriage Play by Edward Albee, Divadlo Ungelt 1997 – Wild Spring by Arnold Wesker, Divadlo Ungelt 1994 – Vodní družstvo by Josef Štolba, District of Columbia Z. =.