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Dear friends of Meltingpot. We are very sorry, but this July we will not meet in person in the Dolní Vítkovice area. The 19th year of
the Colours of Ostrava festival, which we host every year, has had to be postponed to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. See you on 14th - 17th July 2021.
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Czech

Martin Hilský (CZE)

Translator, Shakespearologist and Anglicist

„If Shakespeare had been alive today, maybe he wouldn't have written theater plays at all. He was an innovator and a businessman, so maybe he would have written a TV series.“

The Czech translator and professor of English Studies has been studying the work of William Shakespeare all his life, and has also completely translated it into Czech. He lectures at Charles University and the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Currently, he only translates works that are of great value to him personally.

He translated his first Shakespeare play, Midsummer Night's Dream, in 1983, and since then he has translated all of Shakespeare's 38 plays into Czech, as well as his sonnets. These translations More…