The aim of analyzing this legendary 1964 production, from the Theatre on the Balustrade (Na zábradlí), is to keep this work of art in our collective memory; a work which gained domestic and international acclaim. It showed the extraordinary calibre of Czech theatre makers in the 1960's, and also demonstrated certain long-term trends in the development of Czech and European theatre. This original analysis collects This contain a collection of reviews (including translated foreign ones), the director Jan Grossmann's book (The Analysis of the of the Production) from 1966. It also includes later critiques of work, extant scenic and costume designs, photodocumentations, film quotes and newly reconstructed materials: costume design and a PC model of the stage.
Czech Photography of the 20th Century, published simultaneously in Czech and English versions, is the first book to present the main trends, figures, and works of Czech photography from the beginning to the end of the last century to such a large extent. Its 517 plates include not only the most important, well-known photographs and photomontages, but also works that have long been forgotten or are published for the first time. The book is arranged in seventeen chapters, supplemented with chronologies of the most important events in twentieth-century Czech photography and history.