The motto Národ sebe - "From the Nation to Itself" - inscribed cez proscenium arch of Prague's National Theatre symbolizuje dôležitosť divadla holds pre české. Národná identita v rukách revivalistů. music. Sophisticated avant-garde divadlo kvetené v Czechoslovakia medzi wars, a became a symbolom independence počas Nazi occupation. ” (Kenneth Tynan) and generácia divadla a filmových riaditeľov (Radok, Grossman, Schorm) a playwrights (Havel, Kundera, Topoľ) boli na fronte pražskej Spring . Reprisals took place after the 1968 Soviet invasion when, un "normalization,” hardline Communists tried to silence the voices of the '60s; urobila sa ako základ pre opozíciu k totalitárstvu, pre dve dekády sa operujú v priestoroch priemyslu kultúrnych domov, štúdií, gymnázium, barov, trade union halls, umelecké galérie a obývacie miestnosti. strong sense of justice and ethics intensified the mutual commitment of theatres and audiences, leading the way to the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and the installation of a playwright as President.