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Shakespeare's fame as a dramatist and poet is widely known. However, he was also a great theater entrepreneur. It is known that the conditions were certainly not ideal, as theaters were often closed due to plague epidemics. How did he manage to combine artistic quality and successful business during the difficult time of the English Reformation? What did theaters look like in London at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries? Let Professor Martin Hilský invite you to Renaissance England and the beginnings of English theatre. Lecturer: prof. PhDr. Martin Hilský, CSc. (Organized by the Central Library in Prague in cooperation with the British Council)