(*1969)
After graduating from the Faculty of Education in Prague, Zdeněk Jecelín taught at a private school in the town of Kolín. He was accepted by the Drama Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague to study directing, later changing to dramaturgy and becoming the pupil of Professor Jaroslav Vostrý. As a dramaturge he worked on productions by the Municipal Theatre in Mladá Boleslav and the Theatre Association CD 94. He is head of a private drama school in Kolín, and has written four plays for the theatre. His first, Tristan and Isolde (1998) won third prize from the Alfréd Radok Foundation. Family Seat (1999) won a competition for original plays held by the National Theatre, and was staged in the Theatre of the Estates. He also wrote the comedy Captain Fracasse (for the Těšín Theatre), a love-story set amongst the bohemian artists of Renaissance Florence. His latest play Satana (2004) was awarded honourable mention in the Alfréd Radok Awards of 2004.
List of plays:
Tristan a Isolda, 1998, première 25. 2. 2000 Činoherní studio, Ústí nad Labem
Kapitán Fracasse, 2001, première 23. 6. 2001 Česká scéna, Český Těšín
Rodinné sídlo, 1999, première 27. 3. 2002 Národní divadlo, Prague
První opera, 2000
Satana, 2004