Havel at Columbia
The Artist
To represent these many sides of Havel, this site offers a number of perspectives from which users can examine and reflect on his life and work. Havel’s theatrical background was a clear influence on his revolutionary activities. The interviews, archival footage and other library assets found in this section focus on Havel the artist.
Interviews
Bradley Abrams
, Associate Director, Harriman Institute and Associate Professor, History Department
Columbia University
Edward Albee
, Playwright
Lee C. Bollinger
, President, Columbia University
George H.W. Bush
, Forty-first President of the United States
Edward Einhorn
, Artistic Director
Untitled Theater #61, and presenter of the Havel Festival
Milos Forman
, Filmmaker
Chris Harwood
, Lecturer in Czech
Slavic Languages, Columbia University
William and Wendy Luers
, Former President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and former Ambassador to Czechoslovakia; Founder and President of the Foundation for a Civil Society.
Jan Novak
, Writer, Translator of Havel's plays and Documentary Filmmaker
Martin Puchner
, H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Columbia University
Lou Reed
, Artist, Musician
Amy Trompetter
, Senior Lecturer
Department of Theatre, Barnard College
Galleries
Censorship and Restrictions
Havel in New York
Plastic People of the Universe
Theater
Archival Films
The Velvet Revolution
, Courtesy CNN
Plastic People of the Universe (CU only)
, 1976 - 1977 Globus Music
(CU Only)
