Among Václav Havel's extraordinary traits--talent, bravery, more bravery--his compassion is in some ways the most impressive. In his one-act play Audience, Havel's stand-in, Ferdinand VanÄ›k, works in a brewery, often relegated to tedious, punitive tasks, because he has been forbidden in communist Czechoslovakia to be a playwright, and because he comes from wealth. VanÄ›k fascinates the Brewmaster, who ho…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 03:59PM on February 7, 2023