Havel’s The Garden Party Satirizes Life Under Communism
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers, Communism, Communists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Bohemia, Czech Republic, Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Date: December 3, 1963
Article abstract: Václav Havel aimed the weapons of satire against Communism in The Garden Party and other plays of the 1960’s, helping to keep alive the spirit of resistance to the Communist regime.
Summary of Event
When the four-act play Zahradní slavnost (The Garden Party, 1969), written by a twenty-seven-year-old Czech playwright named Václav Havel, was performed for the first time at the Theater on the Balustrade in Prague on December 3, 1963, few could recognize that this was the first step toward the peaceful overthrow of...
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