Radovan Lukavský

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Radovan Lukavský
Radovan Lukavský (2007)
Born(1919-11-01)1 November 1919
Died10 March 2008(2008-03-10) (aged 88)
OccupationActor
Years active1946-2008

Radovan Lukavský (1 November 1919 – 10 March 2008) was a Czech theatre and film actor.[1]

Lukavský was born in

conservatory.[1]

Lukavský got his first

Outside of the theatre and stage, Lukavský enjoyed a number of roles in Czech and Czechoslovakian

F.L. Věk, in which he played Václav Thám, a Czech national revival leader.[1]

In 1986 he appeared in a TV film adaptation of the Božena Benešová short story "Povídka s dobrým koncem" ("A Story with a Happy Ending").

The Vinohrady Theatre where Lukavský got his first acting role in 1946. Lukavský also performed his last role at the theatre in The Cherry Orchard at the age of 88.

Lukavský received a number of awards for his work during his career. He was given the

Czech President Václav Havel also awarded Lukavský a medal for services to the theatre.[1]

Additionally, he was the author of several books on acting and the theatre.[1] He taught for many years at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.[1]

Lukavský returned to the theatre at age 88 when he performed in Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard at the Vinohrady Theatre. The Vinohrady Theatre is the same theatre where he earned his first acting role back in 1946 when he was a recent university graduate.[1]

Lukavský died in Prague on 10 March 2008 at the age of 88.[1]

References

  1. ^
    Radio Praha
    . Retrieved 2008-04-01.

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