Prokop František Šedivý was a significant Czech

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 playwright, actor, and translator of the National Revival

Czech National Revival

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 era. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern Czech theater and he was involved in founding the first entirely Czech

Czech language

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-language theater Bouda.

Biography

Generally, there is not much information about Šedivý's life. He was born into a brewer's family and probably worked as a state official later.

Works

Šedivý's best-known plays are Kníže Honzík (Prince Honzík, the very first Czech play), Pražští sládci (The Prague Brewers), and České Amazonky (The Czech Amazons, 1792).

He translated Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

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's King Lear

King Lear

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into Czech.