translation.bs: Kad je već bio pisac i režiser, zabranjen mu je rad u pozorištu nakon Praškog proljeća 1968, nakon čega je postao angažiraniji u disidentskom pokretu u Čehoslovačkoj.
translation.en: Already a writer and a director, he was banned from the theatre following the Prague Spring in 1968, after which he became more involved in Czechoslovakia's dissident movement.