František Salzer (30 August 1902 – 23 December 1974) was a Czech theatre director, actor, translator and university professor.
Biography Salzer was born on 30 August 1902 in Sušice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic). He studied at Prague Conservatory (1920–1924).Vlastimil Blažek: Sborník na paměť 125 let Konservatoře hudby v Praze, Vyšehrad, Prague, 1936, p. 514 In the season of 1924–25, he started his career at Olomouc Theatre as actor and later on as theatre director. In 1930 he came to Prague as theatre Director of Vinohrady Theatre. He stayed at Vinohrady Theatre till the end on the 2nd World War.Z. Sílová, R. Hrdinová, A. Kožíková, V. Mohylová: Divadlo na Vinohradech 1907–2007 – Vinohradský ansámbl, published by Vinohrady Theatre, Prague, 2007, p. 193, During his time at the Vinohrady Theatre, Salzer has directed over 120 plays by world and Czech authors (incl. W. Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Carlo Goldoni, G. B. Shaw, F. Schiller, Stefan Zweig, Jiří Mahen, J. K. Tyl, Viktor Dyk, V. K. Klicpera, etc.)Jiří Žák.: Divadlo na Vinohradech 1907–2017, issued by Nakladatelství XYZ, Prague, 2017, pp. 212–213,
From 1947 till 1963, he acted as the theatre director of the National Theatre in Prague.František Salzer in Czech National Theatre Archive
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 (DAMU) together with Jiří Frejka, František Tröster and Josef Träger. Then he was the Dean of this Faculty in three periods (1954–1955, 1958–1961 and 1963–1970)Kolektiv autorů: Akademie múzických umění v Praze – AMU 60. let (Publikace k 60. výročí založení AMU v Praze), 2006, p. 28 and acted as professor of this Faculty till his death in 1974. Salzer was also translator of theatre plays (e.g. Stefan Zweig: Ovečka chudých – Das Lamm des Armen, Fritz Hochwälder: Tlustý anděl z Rouenu – Boule de suif, etc.).
His first wife, Eva Adamcová (1895–1972), 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 Theatre in Bratislava.Blahová-Martišová, Elena. Súpis repertoáru SND 1920–2010. Bratislava : SND, 2010
References
Further reading František Černý: Theater – Divadlo, Orbis, Prague, 1965, pp. 65, 71, 117, 119, 123, 144, 368–370, 378–379, 409 Kolektiv autorů: Dějiny českého divadla/IV., Academia, Prague, 1983, pp. 82, 122, 178, 262, 277, 367, 369, 371, 373, 417, 478–9, 484–486, 504, 508, 512, 525, 610, 619, 626, 628, 635, 649, 659, 665–667 V. Müller a kol.: Padesát let Městských divadel pražských 1907–1957, issued by Ústřední národní výbor hl. m. Prahy, Prague, 1958, pp. 15, 36–38, 61, 100, 106–108, 110, 130–164, 180 Redakce umělecké správy divadla: Čtvrtstoletí Městského divadla na Král. Vinohradech, jubilejní sborník, issued by Městské divadlo na Král. Vinohradech, Prague, 1932, pp. 21, 34, 44, 56, 89, 116, 135–137 Jiří Žák a kol.: Divadlo na Vinohradech 1907–2007 – Vinohradský příběh, issued by Divadlo na Vinohradech, Prague, 2007, pp. 157, 164, 188,
External links
František Salzer in Czech National Theatre Archive František Salzer on Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze František Salzer on Filmová databáze