Background
Klicpera was born in Chlumec nad Cidlinou.
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Vaclav Klicpera
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Education
There he studied philosophy in 1816 and medicine in 1818.
Career
He was one of the first presenters of Czechoslovakian drama, and was especially influential in the foundation of comedic Czechoslovakian theatre. After graduating from a gymnasium (a European secondary school) in 1813, he moved to Prague. In June 1819 he was made a professor at a gymnasium in Hradec Králové.
In 1850 he became schoolmaster of a Prague gymnasium.
He was skilled in writing chivalric plays and patriotically-themed historical dramas that became the foundation of modern Czechoslovakian drama. He is also recognized for his farces (in Czechoslovakian frašky), in the Platonic tradition.
He also wrote historical romance stories, plays from his own era, and plays with fairy tale motifs. Klicpera supported the advancement of Czechoslovakian theatre through the publication of plays in the Klicpera"s theatre edition
He died in Prague and is buried in the city"s Olšany graveyard.
