Petr Lébl

In 1982, as a high-school student, Lébl attempted to create scenic variations on the theme of the novel Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut.

As an amateur, Lébl attempted to study at the FAMU (film and TV school of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague), but he wasn't admitted due to "lack of talent".

In 1995 Lébl received the Czech theatre prize, Alfréd Radok Award, for the production of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov.

During his engagement in the theatre he directed twelve plays, designed stage decorations and programs, organized rehearsals, sometimes he even pasted playbills.

Two years before his death, in 1997, he received his second Alfréd Radok Award, this time for the production of Chekhov's play Ivanov.

[3] The theatre technicians discovered his body only after the performance of Werner Schwab's play The Presidents (Die Präsidentinnen) a day later.

In a message found after his death, Lébl assigned Czech publicist Radka Denemarková to write a book about him.

[10] In 2008, the book was published under the title Smrt, nebudeš se báti aneb Příběh Petra Lébla (Death, thou shall not be afraid alias the Story of Petr Lébl), and a year later it received the Magnesia Litera Award for Journalism.