VACLAV HAVEL (1936 - )
adaptations/translations by modern playwrights
| Nationality: | Czech |
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Adaptations - Translations of Plays by Vaclav Havel
Audience (Conversation) |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | - | ||
| Genre: | 1 Act | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
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Beggars Opera, The |
| 1st Produced: | OrangeTree, London | 2003 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in manuscript, French, New York | - | ||
| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 9 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: this version casts Macheathe and Peachum as heads of rival gangs of thieves, both are subject to the power of police organisation, each tries to defend himself against corruption and each has only himself to blame for the unfortunate results | ||||
Garden Party, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Jonathan Cape, London | 1969 | ||
| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: officials of the Offices for Opening are at war with those from the Offices for Closing | ||||
Increased Difficulty Of Concentration, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1989 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1976 | ||
| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: doctor, his mistress, wife and social worker with a special computer that interrogates and interviews | ||||
Increased Difficulty of Concentration, The |
| 1st Produced: | Ohio Theater, NY | 2006 | ||
| Company: | True Comedy Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | - | Translation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Largo Desolato |
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1986 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Grove Press, New York | 1987 | ||
| Genre: | Adapatation/translation | - | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: Professor lives in constant fear because of his refusal to denounce his work; chilling account of life in a totalitarian state | ||||
Memorandum, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1965 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Jonathan Cape, London | 1967 | ||
| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: a provocative and witty assault on the madness of efficiency peculiar to total bureaucracy | ||||
Mistake, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||
| Company: | Oracle Theatre, Inc. | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav HavelTranslated by Carol Rocamora and Tomas Rychetsky | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Mistake, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||
| Company: | Oracle Theatre, Inc. | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav HavelTranslated by Carol Rocamora and Tomas Rychetsky | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Mountain Hotel, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: an exploration of the disintegration of human identities | ||||
Private View |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1978 | ||
| Genre: | 1 Act | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
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Protest |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | 1 Act | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
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Redevelopment |
| 1st Produced: | 1990 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1990 | ||
| Genre: | Adapatation/translation | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: architects plan a radical restoration of a village that is a soulless, characterless drawing board monstrosity, residents protest met with arrogance from authorities | ||||
Temptation |
| 1st Produced: | The Pit, London | 1988 | ||
| Company: | ||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1988 | ||
| Genre: | Adapatation/translation | - | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: Dr experiments with necromancy to provide a witty satire of human pride and give a perspective on life in eastern Europe | ||||
Temptation |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: doctor experiments with necromancy to provide a witty satire of human pride and give a perspective on life in eastern Europe | ||||
Tomorrow! |
| 1st Produced: | unperformed in English | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London | 1984 | ||
| Genre: | Translation | - | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Vaclav Havel | ||||
Synopsis: written anonymously in 1988 is an historical comedy about the founding of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 | ||||