Professor David Peimer
Innovations in Czech Theatre
Summary
Professor David Peimer delves into the not widely known, but rather significant, contributions that the Czech theatre world had on the theatrical art form at large.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a Professor of Literature, Film and Theatre in the UK. He has worked for the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, New York University (Global Division) and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing in New York, UK, Berlin, EU Parliament (Brussels), Athens, Budapest, Zululand and more. He has most recently directed Dame Janet Suzman in his own play, Joanna’s Story, at London Jewish Book Week. He has published widely with books including: Armed Response: Plays from South Africa, the digital book, Theatre in the Camps. He is on the board of the Pinter Centre (London), and has been involved with the Mandela Foundation, Vaclav Havel Foundation and directed a range of plays at Mr Havel’s Prague theatre.
He was born in Czechoslovakia, lived in Canada. I would think so. I can’t say definitively, but I think so.
Yes. It’s extraordinary that the Czech theatre creators fought so hard to be a force in theatre and succeeded. It’s no coincidence. And international theatre institute was inaugurated in 1948 in Prague. Absolutely. And you were director of the British chapter for many years.