Protest (tr. Novak)

Protest (tr. Novak)

Vaclav Havel, Jan Novak

Protest (tr. Novak)

Protest (tr. Novak)

Vaclav Havel, Jan Novak

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Ferdinand Vanek, the eternal dissident and the central character in Audience, Private View and this impressive autobiographical one-act, is approached by a friend whose future son-in-law, a song writer/singer and member of an opposition party, has been arrested. Vanek is asked to formulate a protest resolution, collect signatures and activate interest abroad so that his friend can save his pregnant daughter's intended spouse without endangering his comfortable middle class existence.

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Vaclav Havel

Václav Havel (1936 – 2011) was born in Prague, and was the first president of post-communist Czechoslovakia and the proceeding Czech Republic. In addition to his notoriety from a long history of Czech political involvement, he is regarded as one of the most influential Europe ...
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Jan Novak

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