In this detailed presentation of the leading creative figures in a richly innovative and dynamic period of Czech theatre, the author provides portraits of the directors K.H. Hilar, E.F. Burian and Alfred Radok, of the famous Voskovec and Werich cabaret duo, of the scenographers Josef Svoboda, Otomar Krejca, and of the playwright, now President of the Czech republic, Vaclav Havel. The author, a Czech-American theatre scholar and practitioner, has been a frequent on-site observer of Czech theatre since 1965. He is directly acquainted with many of the major artists and the most notable...