Alfréd Radok

Alfréd Radok (December 17, 1914 in Koloděje nad Lužnicí, Bohemia – April 22, 1976 in Vienna) was a distinguished Czech stage director.

He worked as the stage director of the National Theatre in Prague in the years 1948 to 1949 and 1966 to 1968. Radok's work belongs to the top of the Czech stage direction of the 20th century. He is often cited as a formalist in his work.

With his wife Marie Radoková (1922–2003), he had a son David Radok, a stage director, and a daughter Barbara Radok.

His younger brother Emil Radok (1918–1994) was also a director and Alfréd Radok's collaborator.

See also

• Alfréd Radok Awards

References

Short biographies:

• Alfréd Radok on the Laterna Magika web site laterna.cz

in Czech:

• Alfréd Radok on CSFD, Czecho-Slovak Film Database

External links

• Alfréd Radok at the Internet Movie Database
• Living with the Long Journey – Alfréd Radok's Daleká cesta, by Jiří Cieslar, Central Europe Review, 4 June 2001

in Czech:

• Research about Alfred Radok's work

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