Antonín Pulda

Antonín Pulda (9 March 1848 – 3 October 1894) was a Czech actor, theatre director, translator, playwright and author of farces and operetta librettos.

[citation needed] He became one of the leading figures of the Provisional Theatre, influencing strongly the style and repertoire.

He had a great understanding of wit of conversational dialogue and a sense for the intimacy of parlour plays.

Pulda, an very intelligent and experienced teacher, brought out the performing skills of Pospischil in surprising depths.

Pulda continued guiding her artistically for many years, they became lovers and eventually partners[4] He worked with her on most of her parts at the beginning of her career, both in Czech and German.

Her recent considerable success in the role of Queen Elizabeth of Pomerania in a comedy A Night at Karlštejn got her to a spotlight.

[7] Subsequently, dramaturge Stroupežnický attacked Pulda during a rehearsal for Hugo's drama Marion de Lorme with Pospichil in was the title role.

Before the premiere of The Ironmaster in December 1884 Pospischil had a fierce fight with Šubert in his office and subsequently published her critical opinion on conditions at the theatre: "The systematic killing of my talent and my health by the director of the National Theatre, Mr. František Šubert, pushed me to resign immediately.

[8] This quote was both published in newspapers and handed out in the National Theatre on the day of Marie Bittnerová's performance.

[citation needed] In the last phase of his life he suffered from tuberculosis, he was being treated North Italian spas.

[citation needed] He met his future wife, actress Marie Šímová in 1863 in a little Prague theatre "U Zlatého anděla" producing tragedy Magelóna by Josef Jiří Kolár where she played the leading female role.