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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Karel Ha ler, Karel Gott, Lenka Dusilova, Ivan Kral, Iva Bittova, Helena Vondra kova, Jan Werich, Hana Hegerova, Zuzana Navarova, Aneta Langerova, Magdalena Ko ena, Ivan Mladek, Karel Kryl, Lucie Bila, Ji i Voskovec, Ilona Csakova, Michael Kocab, Big Boss, Michal David, Waldemar Matu ka, Miou Miou, Karel Zich, Marta Kubi ova, Robert Neb ensky, Daniel Landa, Ond ej Hejma, Barbara Ha akova, Tereza Kerndlova, Jiri Helekal, Eva Pilarova, Petr Muk, Lucie Vondra kova, Lisl Frank, Franti ek torm, Ji i Zonyga, Ivo Pe ak, Milan Smr ka, arka Va kova, Pavel Vitek, Eduard Bass, Hana Zagorova, Janika Kola ova, Radoslav Banga. Excerpt: Karel Ha ler (31 October 1879, Prague - 22 December 1941, Mauthausen) was a Czech songwriter, actor, lyricist, film and theatre director, composer, writer, dramatist, screenwriter and cabaretier. He was murdered in the Mauthausen concentration camp. Ha ler studied to be a glove-maker, but he became intererested in theatre at a young age and occasionally performed with amateur theatre ensembles. In 1897, following his debut at the Arena Theatre he left home and successively joined various travelling theatre companies. In 1902 he became a member of the Slovenian theatre in Ljubljana, but soon moved back to Prague, where he joined the National Theatre ensemble. In the National Theatre, he asserted himself in conversational plays. In addition to that, he also attempted to apply his singing abilities. Around 1908, he started composing his own music, and at the same time he began to incline to cabaret activities. Gradually he became a director and head of various Prague cabarets, such as Lucerna (1910-1915, 1918-1923), Rokoko (1915-1918) and Karlin Variety Theatre (1924-1929). In 1908, he married a sister of pianist and composer Rudolf Friml. During World War I he also began to appear in silent films, ...
