Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre
| Divadlo Spejbla a Hurvínka | |
Spejbl and Hurvinek Theatre | |
| Address | Dejvická 919 Prague 6 Czechia |
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| Coordinates | 50°05′56″N 14°23′56″E / 50.099°N 14.399°E |
| Opened | 1930 |
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| spejbl-hurvinek | |
Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre (Czech: Divadlo Spejbla a Hurvínka) is a puppet theatre located in Prague, Czechia. Founded in 1930 by puppeteer Josef Skupa, it was the first professional puppeteer's stage in Czechoslovakia. It was named after the puppets Hurvínek and Spejbl.
Helena Štáchová, a puppeteer who played the roles of Mánička and Ms. Kateřina in the company, served as the head of Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre from 1996 until her death, in 2017, following Miloš Kirschner (1956/1966–1996) and Skupa himself (1930–1956). In 2008, a court awarded Štáchová the right to use the theatre's namesake puppets after an eight-year legal dispute, which allowed the establishment to continue its programs.