Arnošt Dvořák: King Wenceslas IV.

The life drama of a Czech king who had to rule under the pressure of great historical events, with Jiří Adamíra in the title role. An interesting portrait of this controversial personality on the Czech throne is offered by the play King Wenceslas IV. playwright Arnošt Dvořák. He captured a man who does not lack ambition or self-reflection, but unfortunately, in conflict situations he cannot keep a cool head and a firm stance. The drama of the life of one of the longest reigning Czech kings is full of twists and turns and tense moments, to end with the image of a monarch abandoned by all, striving in vain to merge with his country and people. Dvořák's drama King Wenceslas IV. was hailed in its time as a pioneering work of the modern conception of Czech history. Words of appreciation were also found for him by F. X. Shalda, who, despite some reservations, called it "the most genuine of our historical dramas of the last period of the broad Shakespearean stream? "