Karol L. Zachar belongs among the most significant and versatile Slovak theatrical artists. During his life, he worked not only as an actor or director, but also as a scenic artist, costume designer and teacher. First he studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague, later moving to the Faculty of Philosophy in Bratislava, but finally his love for the theatre was greater and in 1942 he completed a course of study of the performing arts at the State Conservatory in Bratislava. During his studies, he was already regularly performing in the Slovak National Theatre, where he portrayed most diverse characters especially of a comic character. He was especially predisposed towards characters from an older generation of Slovak and World classics, due to his husky voice and mature appearance. From 1942 he began to act as a theatre director, first he assisted Ján Jamnický in the plays A Midsummer Night's Dream (1942) and The Imaginary Invalid (1943). He acted more regularly as a director after the war and up to 1965, when he was officially recognised as a director, he directed 13 plays. He continued in his work up to the beginning of the eighties and many of his plays belong to the Golden Era of Slovak Theatre of the second half of the 20th century. Zachar was a creator of clear genres, which announced a renaissance of true theatrical art in an era of socialist realism. He saw the theatre as an apolitical oasis of harmony, a festival atmosphere and a manifestation of the joy of life in the rashness of the world. His plays were always full of humanism, a warm smile and understanding for human weaknesses, in comic or tragic genre. Among his most significant plays, many of which premiered several times because of their popular  success were The School for Wives (1948), Property and Chaos (1950), Merry Wives of Windsor (1954), Incognito (1959), The Fan (1961), Shepherd’s Wife (1963), The Foundling (1966) and Cyrano de Bergerac (1967).
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Karol Mišovic