Mlýny (English: The Mills) is a Czech comedy play, based on the early work of Václav Havel and Karel Brynda: Život před sebou (Life in front of you).[1] It premiered in 1994.

Story

The storyline is set in a military unit during the socialist era. The simple intrigue showed shooting a civilist for guard's service. A starting point of this satiric comedy depicts people's army as totally absurd "machine" destroying people's characters.

Productions

Divadlo Sklep

  • Directed by Ondřej Trojan and Jiří Fero Burda. The play had its premiere in 1994.
  • Jan Slovák .... Lance Corporal Milan Maršík
  • Jiří Fero Burda .... Private Marián Šimák/Ghost
  • Petr Koutecký .... Private Čapek
  • Otakáro Schmidt .... Private Houska
  • František Fáňa Váša .... des. Abs. Toman
  • Monika Načeva .... Technical Sergeant Boženka
  • Tomáš Hanák .... Lieutenant Horáček
  • David Vávra .... Lieutenant Colonel Malík
  • Ondřej Trojan .... Captain Sládek
  • Robert Nebřenský .... Major Buzgo
  • Luboš Veselý .... trumpeter

References

  1. ↑ "Václava Havla k divadlu přivedl kamarád z vojny Karel Brynda z Jihlavy". idnes.cz (in Czech). 20 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2023.


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