Těžká Barbora

Těžká Barbora (English: Heavy Barbora) is a Czech satirical play directed against the rising power of the Nazi régime. It was premiéred on 5 November, 1937 at Osvobozené divadlo in Prague. The comedians Jan Werich and Jiří Voskovec appeared in the main roles, Jaroslav Ježek created the music.[1]

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 canon (Těžká Barbora).

Productions

Divadlo ABC

Divadlo Radar

Divadlo A. V. Šembery

References

  1. Holzknecht, Václav (2007). Jaroslav Ježek a Osvobozené divadlo. Prague: ARSCI. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-80-86078-67-0.

External links

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