- Domů
- Comedies
- A JOURNEY TO AMERICA BY SHIP AND DOWN AN ARTESIAN WELL or THE ROASTED PIGEONS
- COMEDY ABOUT THE BIRTH OF THE BABY JESUS OF VIZOVICE (Wallachian dialect)
- BABIČKA V TRENKÁCH aneb Aprílová komedie
- CARMEN or THE FATEFUL GAME OF LOVE
- GULLIVER V LILIPUTOVĚ aneb Deník bájného cestovatele
- HNÍZDEČKO A ŠUNKOFLEKY ANEB NEPRAVDIVĚ PRAVDIVÁ OPERETA
- IT ALL COMES TO CRAP - WITH BEES IT ALL COMES TO HONEY or The Carnival Court
- JAK TO DĚLAJÍ ANDĚLÉ aneb Stvoření světa
- JEPPE AND THE LORD IN SHORTS
- KATE, COULD YOU PLEASE CLIMB DOWN FROM THAT PEAR TREE?! or How Tap-Dancing Came To Be
- LOONYSTORY (loony as in crazy)
- MORAVIAN SLOVAKIA GOES TO COURT or The Shrovetide of Things Human
- OLD BOHEMIAN LEGENDS (inspired by Alois Jirásek)
- ONCE UPON A TIME or How General Torstenson Was Left Empty-Handed
- PAROHÁČI aneb Červené kalhoty
- PEPEK NÁMOŘNÍK aneb Smyšlená historie s téměř pravdivými fakty
- RAPID ARROWS or Where Have All the Gentlemen Gone?
- RYCHLÉ ŠÍPY Z OLTECU aneb Opereta třetího věku
- THE HUSOVICE NATIVITY
- THE MOST EXCELLENT HISTORY OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE or A CABARET DUSTY WITH AGE, THOUGH HIGHLY RELEVANT
- THE TAP-DANCING CENTIPEDE, or the V+W+J REVUE
- VLASTA kicked VLASTA or The Maidens´War in Bohemia
- DOWN IN THE DUMPS
- Fairy Tales
- Cinderella or A Fairy Tale from Grandma’s Chest
- DLOUHÝ, ŠIROKÝ A BYSTROZRAKÝ
- GRANNY HAD FOUR APPLES
- GULLIVER V LILIPUTOVĚ aneb Deník bájného cestovatele
- JAK ŠLI ZAJÍCI DO BETLÉMA
- JEN POČKEJ, HLEMÝŽDI
- MACH A ŠEBESTOVÁ
- SLEEPING BEAUTY or THE MAGIC THEATER
- SMOLÍČEK or A Fairy Tale out of a Suitcase
- SNĚHURKA A SEDM TRPASLÍKŮ
- THE ANIMALS AND THE ROBBERS
- THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE Or JUST PRETENDING
- THE LITTLE BEETLES, or FROM LIVES OF FIREFLIES
- THE MAGIC POT or TWO FAIRY TALES FOR SWEET-TOOTHED CHILDREN
- THE MISCHIEVOUS COMET or A Fairy Tale for Children Who Like Stargazing
- THE RED PIG AND THE BLUE MOUSE
- TOM THUMB or BELIEVE IT OR NOT
- TŘI POHÁDKY PRO ROŠŤÁKY
- UŠATÁ POHÁDKA
- ČUČUDEJSKÉ POHÁDKY
- Authorized adaptations
- Librettos for minioperas
DOWN IN THE DUMPS
crazy corruption comedy featuring singing and ballet
8 men, 6 women (may employ more actors and actresses)
The subject of the comedy stems from the legacy of A.N. Ostrovský and from more recent political events. The plot of this wild comedy about the exploits of two prominent politicians and their adventures unfolds within the four walls of an uninviting institutional room. The politicians are now very old men, and replay the highlights of their checkered lives through reminiscences and dreams. Their recollections liven up, permeating and melting away the walls of the room. All of this takes place in the year 2045.
The play provides a novel take on the excessive and still-unfolding corruption and tunneling scandals, staged as a crazy comedy penned by an experienced author. This comedy offers up not only surprising plot twists, but most importantly an evening of laughter, good humor and perhaps a little reflection on the naked greed that leads to human predation.
The comedy arose out of a commission for the Horácké Theater in Jihlava.