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Andrej Krob (born 14 April 1938) is a Czech theater director and screenwriter, known for stage directing plays about Václav Havel.
Life and career
Krob was born in Cheb, Czechoslovakia. His mother was of Russian origin, while his father was a descendant of Volhynian Czechs.
From 1963 onward, Krob worked at the Theatre on the Balustrade as a stage technician, and later a stagehand and assistant. There he met director Jan Grossman, as well as Václav Havel, then working as a playwright, and his wife Olga Havlová. In 1975, he founded the Divadlo Na tahu, where he studied. He started the Žebrácká opera with Havel, which criticized the StB.
In the 1970s, he was one of the first signatories of Charter 77, and was subsequently shunned by the theatre community. He then worked as a window seal fitter for several years, however managed to restore his directing career by the end of Communist rule
He is the father of actress and singer Sylvie Krobová.