English Translation

52-20 otherwise you would not have started this work at all. And that is enough for us young intellectuals who see you as one of our most capable ghost makers of the present time. We believe with you that the country that has given the nation so much beauty in art, music and literature will give him the same beauty in the theatre, even though this beauty is stomping out of the country. You bring us so much new and beautiful in your modern concept of the Czech Theatre that we should be grateful only for the new one. You are not afraid of the risk of all the pioneers' incompetence -- you are not scared to break away from all the plank principles of the theatrical theater industry of the previous century and you are afraid to stage a young, enthusiastic author who does not want to penetrate his name but his work. The question of the other I understood rather differently. I think that if the ability or inability of a dramatic writer is to be shown, the game must necessarily be on the stage. For then it will stop being a piece of pa-pierum and will revive the magic of the spoken word and the charm of the personal con- tact of the actor and viewer. Why young authors do not deal with the problems of today is quite clear. The world is spinning too fast. Perhaps in 50 years some ge-nial playwright will come along and process our time in a unique way. I would like to point out, however, that more important than a poll with critics is certainly a public poll - with the audience directly. How many people there are in the world there are so many opinions and need only to be spoken. I also believe that if every viewer had formed his own judgment, independent of the judgment of t. zv. Everyone would just go to what he would like best and suit his taste. And quite a bit of a dischputat against the gusto, said the father in the ©Ba-bíčka. Stick in the beginning. With the wishes of many success. A. Tejnor. As there is no freedom of art so there is not freedom of cri- tics. Art and criticism are primarily bound by the laws of creation and then society for which they form. The excuses for freedom of creation or pointing to freedom of criticism cover either incompetence or unfair personal intentions. E. F. Burian 258