The National Marionette Theatre (

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: ''Národní divadlo marionet'', NDM) is a theatre company devoted to

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performances, located in the

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neighborhood of

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. The company has been active since June 1991,National Marionette Theattr Website
Retrieved December 28, 2010. but uses a historical puppetry space called ''Říše loutek'' (Kingdom of the Puppets) that dates to at least 1929, when it hosted the founding of the Union Internationale de la MarionnetteWebsite of the Czech UNIMA Chapter
Retrieved December 28, 2010. The company generally stages adaptations of classic opera and theatre, with the most successful serial production thus far being ''

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...

'', which uses period costume and has a run of over 4000. There are shows nearly every evening. Due to the popularity of the production and the steady demand from the tourist market, additional companies have recently been developed in the area, in some cases trading on their similarity to the original NDM.

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External links

Website of the National Marionette Theatre
1991 establishments in Czechoslovakia Puppet theaters Puppetry in the Czech Republic Theatres in Prague Theatres completed in 1991 20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic {{CzechRepublic-stub