František Salzer


František Salzer was a Czechoslovak Theatre Director, Theatre Actor, Film Actor, University Professor and Translator.

Biography

He studied at Prague Conservatory.
In the season of 1924/1925 he started his career at Olomouc Theatre as actor and later on as Theatre Director. In 1930 he came to Prague as Theater Director of Vinohrady Theatre. He stayed at Vinohrady Theatre till the end on the 2nd World War. During his time at the Vinohrady Theater, Salzer has directed over 120 plays by world and Czech authors
From 1947 till 1963 he acted as Theatre Director of the National Theatre.
During the years of 1941–1945 he was professor of the Prague Conservatory. He was one of the founders of the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague together with Jiří Frejka, František Tröster and Josef Träger. Then he was the Dean of this Faculty in three periods and acted as professor of this Faculty till his death in 1974.
Salzer was also translator of theatre plays.
His first wife, Eva Adamcová, with whom he has been living for 42 years, was an actress and translator. From August 1923 she was a member of the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava.

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