ABC Theatre, Cultural theater near Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czech Republic
ABC Theatre is a theater venue located in the basement of the U Nováků department store near Wenceslas Square in Prague. The space features a proscenium stage and holds approximately 500 spectators in its underground hall.
The hall in the Palác U Nováků became a theatre in 1929, when the Osvobozené divadlo of Voskovec and Werich opened there with Líčení se odročuje on 19 October 1929 and played until 1938. From 1955 Jan Werich led the Divadlo satiry, renamed Divadlo ABC in 1958 for political reasons, and in 1962 it was absorbed into Městská divadla pražská.
The name ABC dates from 1958, when political pressure forced the Divadlo satiry to rename itself. Jan Werich led the house from 1955 to 1961, staging Limonádový Joe and reviving Balada z hadrů in 1957; Miroslav Horníček then formed a comic duo with Miloš Kopecký.
The venue has modern facilities and is wheelchair accessible, allowing visitors with different mobility needs to use the space. It sits close to public transportation, making it easy to reach.
The ABC name dates from 1958, when political pressure forced Divadlo satiry to rename itself. The hall had earlier hosted the Osvobozené divadlo of Voskovec and Werich from 1929 to 1938; their first production there, Líčení se odročuje, premiered on 19 October 1929.
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