- 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
RAPID ARROWS or Where Have All the Gentlemen Gone?
RAPID ARROWS or Where Have All the Gentlemen Gone?
8 men, 5 women + puppets (optional); may employ more actors and actresses
The basis for this dramatization is Foglar’s illustrated series, which was first published in 1938 in the magazine Young Herald. The stage version of these suspenseful and adventurous tales enables the younger viewer to become acquainted with – and the older viewer to recall – the famous Rapid Arrows Club consisting of those five fabled boys – Mirek Dušín, Jarka Metelka, Red Cap, Speedy and Jindra Hojer. The production doesn’t overlook roles for the fairer sex in theater ensembles. It even provides the chance for girls or women to play Dlouhé Bidlo, Bohoušek or Štětináč in so-called “breeches roles”.
The comedy is rounded out by a selection of contemporary songs including Only for Today, The Hairy Cactus and Grandma Mary.