Autor 19 drama, Havel je proveo ukupno pet godina u zatvoru tokom komunističkih godina u zemlji, kad ga je tajna policija pažljivo pratila dvije decenije, sve do pada režima 1989.
The author of 19 plays, Havel spent a total of five years in jail during the country's communist times, when he was closely watched by secret police for two decades until the regime's fall in 1989.