- 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
ONCE UPON A TIME or How General Torstenson Was Left Empty-Handed
ONCE UPON A TIME or How General Torstenson Was Left Empty-Handed
historical comedy in 9 scenes
29 male characters, 9 female, extras (variable composition, e.g. 9+9)
Vlastimil Peška penned this lively comedy, which recounts the unsuccessful siege of Brno by Swedish troops in the Thirty Years’ War, at the request of the Swedish folk writer Hans Erikson. The play offers a humorous take on an age-old and still lingering vice – the twisting of historical facts. It all unfolds against the backdrop of a simple, though supporting plotline built on the theme of the fabled Brno legend about the premature ringing of the noon-time chimes of Petrov Cathedral, after which the Swedes retreated from their lines, thus saving Brno from conquest.
The comedy may employ a varying-size cast, which can literally romp through the piece in about forty greater and lesser roles (the recommended minimum number of actors is twelve). The highlights include the witty, though understandable use of eight European languages ranging from English to Hungarian.