Under Normalization in 1972, after leaving Divadlo na Vinohradech in protest of changes there, Vlasta Chramostová was unable to perform in public. What could she do? Instead of giving up on theater, she started her Bytové divadlo (Apartment Theater) where over the years she and her friends put on dozens of performances in private apartments in Prague, Brno, Olomouc, and Hrádeček (at Václav Havel's country home).

One of the performances was Pavel Kohout's adaptation of Macbeth for 5 actors (including Chramostová) and small living rooms. This inspired Tom Stoppard to write Cahoot's Macbeth, where the adaptation is performed under the eyes of the secret police.

Image adjusted from one by Gampe, licensed and released under CC BY-SA.

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