Vinohrady Theatre

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Šubertova 1450/1, 120 00 Praha 2-Vinohrady, Czechia

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N50° 4' 35" E14° 26' 14"   (50.076388888889, 14.437222222222) Start navigation »

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Vinohrady Theatre (Czech: Divadlo na Vinohradech) is a theatre in Vinohrady, Prague.
Construction began on February 27, 1905. It served as the Theatre of the Czechoslovak Army from autumn 1950 to January 1966. It contains a curtain painted by Vladimír Županský depicting a naked muse.Playwrights associated with the theatre include Viktor Dyk who was active around 1915.During the Velvet Revolution, where the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was overthrown, there was a rally outside the theatre on the night of November 19–20; actress Vlasta Chramostová was quoted as asking the crowd: "If not now, when? If not us, then who?"

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