Hana Kvapilová

Hana Kvapilová (foto Jan Tomáš)
Hana Kvapilova Monument

Hana Kvapilová (November 29, 1860 — April 8, 1907) was a Czech actress.

Early life

Johanna Kubesch (Hana Kubešová) was born in Prague, the daughter of Gustav Kubeš.

Career

Kubešová became a member of the National Theatre in Prague in 1888. She was known for her Shakespearian roles, and for being the first Czech actress to play "Nora" in Ibsen's A Doll's House; she also played the lead in Hedda Gabler, "Masha" in Chekhov's Three Sisters, and "Helen" in her husband's The Will o' the Wisp.[1][2] She was a friend and colleague to Czech composer Leoš Janáček, and Czech writer Alois Jirásek, among many others.[3][4]

She was awarded the Order of St. Sava for her stage work in Belgrade in 1902, and was compared to Italian actress Eleonora Duse: "Her grasp of character and range of expression were such as to have earned her the title of the Czech Duse."[5]

Personal life

Hana Kubešová married writer and director Jaroslav Kvapil in 1894. She died in 1907, from complications related to diabetes; she had performed five days earlier, in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.[6][7] She was 46 years old. After her death, Jaroslav Kvapil published her memoirs.[1] Her ashes were buried in a park in Prague, and the site was marked with a statue of Kvapilová by Jan Štursa.[8] She was featured on a Czech postage stamp in 1960.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Hrbkova, Šárka B. (January 1916). Poet Lore. pp. 79–80. : Jaroslav B. Kvapil
  2. ↑ Senelick, Laurence (1997). The Chekhov Theatre: A Century of the Plays in Performance. Cambridge University Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780521783958.
  3. ↑ Wingfield, Paul (1999). Janácek Studies. Cambridge University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9780521573573.
  4. ↑ Zemanova, Mirka (2002). Janacek: A Composer's Life. UPNE. pp. 71 & 283. ISBN 9781555535490.
  5. ↑ Selver, Paul (November 1922). The Czech Drama. Czechoslovak Review. p. 283.
  6. ↑ "The Strakonice Bagpiper, 1885", from the Prague National Theatre; Google Arts and Culture.
  7. ↑ Robert Saudel, "Hana Kvapilova" Bühne und Welt (1907): 247-248.
  8. ↑ Map of the recommended trip through Kinský Garden, Prague City Line, Your Guide Through Prague.
  9. ↑ Hana Kvapilová (1866-1907), actress; stamp catalog, Colnect.com.
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