🎤 Jan Císař

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Jan Císař (1931–2024) was a Czech theatre scholar, critic, and long-time professor at DAMU (Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague). He was one of the most significant Czech theatre theorists of the 20th and 21st centuries, authoring numerous key works on theatre history and theory. After his death, the Prague festival Císařovy nové šaty was named in his honour.