Provisional Theatre (Prague) Provisional Theatre (Prague) The Prague Provisional Theatre (, ) was erected in 1862 as a temporary home for Czech drama and opera until a permanent National Theatre could be built. It opened on 18 November 1862 and functioned for 20 years, during which time over 5,000 performances were presented. Between 1866 and 1876 the theatre staged the premieres of four of Bedřich Smetana's operas, including "The Bartered Bride". The Provisional Theatre building was eventually incorporated into the structure of the National Theatre, which opened its doors on 11 June 1881. Before the early 1860s almost all cultural institutions in Prague,
Czech name surname "Novák" are possessive adjectives in the plural; their endings depend on the gender and case. Surnames that are adjectives in the masculine singular: All forms of the surname "Novotný" are adjectives in the plural; their endings depend on the gender and case. The form "Novotných" is in the genitive case. Czech name Czech names are composed of a given name and a surname. Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bridegroom's surname. In the Czech Republic, names are