during the years of 1941–1945 he was professor of the prague conservatory. he was one of the founders of the theatre faculty of the academy of performing arts in prague (damu) together with jiří frejka, františek tröster and josef träger. then he was the dean of this faculty in three periods (1954–1955, 1958–1961 and 1963–1970) and acted as professor of this faculty till his death in 1974.