''Těžká Barbora'' (English: Heavy Barbora) is a

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satirical play directed against the rising power of the

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régime. It was premiered on 5 November, 1937 at

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. The comedians

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and

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appeared in the main roles, Jaroslav Ježek created the music.

Plot

The story depicts a conflict between two fictional noble houses, Eidamští ("Eidams") and Yberlandští ("Yberlands"), the later attacking the former, the former then employing two soldiers (Werich and Voskovec), that build a cheese cannon (Těžká Barbora).

Productions

Divadlo ABC

*Directed by Miroslav Zachata. The play had premiere on 14 June 1960 in ABC Theatre,

. *

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*Mayor .... Lubomír Kostelka *Ludmila Píchová *Zlatomír Vacek *

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*Jiří Pick *

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*Jan Víšek *

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* Ivo Niederle * Otto Lackovič *Elena Hálková *Lubomír Bryg *Roman Hemala

Divadlo Radar

*Directed by Radka Tesárková, The play had premiere on 30 November and 1 December 2007 in Radar Theatre,

. *Kristian van Bergen, mayor of Eidam City .... Jakub Baran or Vojtěch Klinger *Greta, his unfaithful wife .... Eliška Holzknechtová or Barbora Heřmánková *Hans Bolz, marshal .... Vojtěch Koutek *Elisabeth, his devoted wife .... Markéta Hausnerová or Silvie Průšová or Andrea Včeláková *Gustav Harmoniensis, teacher .... Jakub Hudec *Vandergut, lord of castle .... Matěj Trojan *Siska, mayor's butler .... Anna Kottasová or Kateřina Tvrdíková *Krištof, cheesemaker .... Oliver Cox *Peter, noble foreigner .... Jakub Heřmánek *Shop assistant .... Eliška Holzknechtová or Barbora Heřmánková *1st Citizen of Eidam .... Markéta Hausnerová or Silvie Průšová *2nd Citizen of Eidam .... Anna Štěpánková *3rd Citizen of Eidam .... Lucie Špitálská or Ludmila Švrčinová *Pyšvejcová, 1st schoolchild .... Anna Kottasová or Kateřina Tvrdíková *2nd schoolchild .... Markéta Hausnerová or Andrea Včeláková *3rd schoolchild .... Lucie Špitálská or Ludmila Švrčinová *4th schoolchild .... Kateřina Chadimová or Anna Štěpánková *Captain .... Eliška Holzknechtová or Barbora Heřmánková *Corporal .... Markéta Hausnerová or Silvie Průšová *Jinkney .... Anna Kottasová or Kateřina Tvrdíková *1st Freelance .... Lucie Špitálská or Ludmila Švrčinová *2nd Freelance .... Kateřina Chadimová or Anna Štěpánková

Divadlo A. V. Šembery

*Directed by Josef Víšo. The play had premiere 21 September 2009 in A. V. Šembera Theatre,

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. *Kristian van Bergen .... Vladimír Martínek *Greta, his unfaithful wife .... Dana Labová *Hans Bolz, marshal of Eidam .... Petr Ryška *Elisabeth, his devoted wife .... Petra Vtípilová *Vanderburg, lord of castle .... Karel Fenik *Gustav Harmoniensis, teacher .... Petr Klofanda *Siska, mayor's butler .... Michaela Kotrbová *Krištof, cheesemaker .... Václav Doležal *Peter, noble foreigner .... Richard Matoušek *Shop assistant .... Marie Švadlenová *Councillor of Eidam .... Pavel Pešek *Baker Woman .... Martina Štěpánová *Butcher .... Martin Divoký *Captain .... Josef Víšo *Corporal .... Martin Divoký *Jikney .... Karel Jiskra *Jailor .... Karel Jiskra *1st schoolchild .... Tereza Havlíková *2nd schoolchild .... Barbora Fuksová *3rd schoolchild .... Žaneta Burešová *4th schoolchild .... Denisa Škorňová *5th schoolchild .... Lada Eliášová *1st Freelance .... Tomáš Válek *2nd Freelance .... Marek Harvan

References

External links

Czechoslovak Film Database
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