(Vydra) Vatslav (29. 4. 1876, Pl'zen', -13.
4. 1953, Prague), Czechoslovak actor, national art.
Czechoslovakian. Republics (1946). Kind. in
the family of voyen. of musician. In 1893 it made a debut in the
company Of e. zhol'ner (g. Mlada- Boleslav). In 1907-13 actors
of the mountains of theater in Pl'zene, into 1913-22- mountains of
theater on the grapes (Prague), from 1922- national theater in Prague
(in 1945-49 artistic, the leader of this theater). Stsenich.
means v. are characterized by the craftsmanship of psikhologich. of
analysis, temperament, sharpness of thought. Among the best
roles: Othello, the king of lira, Julia tsezar' (identical-name
prod.. Shakespeare), Gero, Voynar ("Gero", Jirasek's
"Voynarka"), Valenta ("the daughter of incendiary" rear), Rogozhin
("idiot" according to Dostoyevsky), Rank ("puppet house" Ibsen),
Berest ("Plato krechet" Korneychuka), etc. V. - the author of
the books "I please word" and "my journeys in the life and the skill". "
Sonh: Prosimo slovo, Praha, 1954;
Ma pout zivotem a umenim, [ 3 vyd. ], Praha, 1958.
It is cast: Tg a g e R J, Vaclav Vydra,
Praha, 1951.