Education:
Secondary School of Electrical Engineering, Bratislava, graduation 1962
Theatre faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts, theatre science, studies 1963-1968
1986-present lecturer at the Faculty of Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts, Department of Directing and Dramaturgy, 1991 associate professor, 1997 professor
Engagement:
1. 6. 1968 - 31. 7. 1983 Slovak Chamber Theatre, Martin (then SNP Martin Theatre)
Directing: Palárik: Inkognito (1971)
Stodola: Just Another Cup of Tea (1974)
Dostoevsky: Idiot (1975)
Timrava-Šulaj: Ťapákovci (1975)
Chalupka: Kocúrkovo [Gotham City] (1978)
Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard (1979)
Hollý: Kubo (1981)
Ostrovsky: The Forest (1982)
Gorky: Barbars (1982)
1982 - 1984 Drama Theatre of the National Theatre Prague (part-time) Gorky: Summer Guests (1981)
Schiller: Love and Intrigue (1982)
A. P. Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard (1984)
1. 7. 1983 SND Drama Theatre Bratislava
direction: Turgenev: A Month in the Country (1980)
A. P. Chekhov: Thee Sisters (1984)
Ostrovsky: A Profitable Position (1984)
Euripides: Medea (1985)
Ibsen: An Enemy of the People (1989)
Pirandello: Right You Are (If You Think So) (1993)
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1994)
Gogol: Marriage (1997)
A. P. Chekhov: The Seagull (1999)
Ionesco: The Chairs (1999)
Sophocles: Oedipus Rex (2001)
Timrava-Pavlac: A Great Deal of Luck (2003)
guest appearances in other theatres:
Stodola: Just Another Cup of Tea (NS Theatre Bratislava, 1976)
Palárik: Incognito (NS Theatre Bratislava, 1979)
Gozzi: The Stag King (KBD Banská Bystrica, 1979)
guest appearances in Czech theatres:
Molière: Misanthrope (National Theatre Praha, 1986)
Racine: Britannicus (National Theatre Praha, 1993)
Schiller: Maria Stuarda (National Theatre Praha, 2000)
Enquist: The Image Makers (ND Brno, 2001)
McDonagh: The Lonesome West (ND Brno, 2003)
television productions:
Naidenov: Children of Vanusin (1971)
VHV: Drifts (1972)
Tajovský: Idiot (1973)
Timrava-Šulaj: Ťapáks (1977)
Chalupka: Kristína (1978)
VHV: Land (1978)
Pisemsky: Monsieur Batmanov (1979)
Jégé: The Journey Through Life (1983)
Ostrovsky: The Storm (1984)
cycle Tonight it's Me Who's Playing (1988-1995)
A. P. Chekhov: The Story of an Unknown Man (1999)
Anouilh. The Lark (1999)
publication: Space, Meaning, Interpretation (1996)
translations
Ionesco (The Bald Soprano, The Chairs), Feydeau (A Flea in Her Ear, The Dupe), Marivaux (La Fausse Suivante), Musset (Lorenzaccio), Gogol (Marriage), Turgenev (A Month in the Country), Čechov (Ivanov, The Seagull)
favourite quote:
« Comment je suis devenu vaudevilliste ?
C'est bien simple. Par paresse, tout simplement. Comment ! Cela vous étonne ? Vous ignorez donc que la paresse est la mère miraculeuse, féconde du travail.
Et je dis miraculeuse, parce que le père est totalement inconnu. »
Georges Feydeau