Sladké Ptáèe Mládí (Sweet Bird of Youth)
Stavovské divaldo (Estates Theatre)
Prague
Czech Republic
Sat, 11th October 2008 - Thu, 20th November 2008
Tennessee Williams' classic drama, performed in Czech.
A bitter play with a drop of sentiment whose heroes are not able to come to terms with the incomprehensible cruelty of time. Tennessee Williams presents a picture of corruption, violence and emotional staleness in which the desire for power and property controls and maims human lives. The southern magnate Boss Finley propels his daughter Heavenly into relationships which support his political interests. When he discovers that she is having an affair with the young Chance Wayne, he drives him from the city. The play opens at the moment when this lover returns after a number of years as a tired gigolo with a former film actress who is running away from herself and her ageing. Wayne feels that he no longer has anything to lose and he suicidally endeavours to re-establish a relationship with the love of his life. Even though Chance Wayne is no scapegoat, his personal tragedy becomes an indictment of provincial bigotry which cripples people both mentally and, gradually, physically.
Translation: Pavel Dominik
Director: Lucie Bělohradská
Stage design: Ondřej Nekvasil
Costumes: Katarína Hollá
Music: Vratislav Šrámek
Dramaturgy: Jan Hančil
Chance Wayne: Michal Slaný
Princes Kosmonopolis: Taťjana Medvecká
Thomas (Boss) Finley: Václav Postránecký
Tom Finley (Junior): Jan Dolanský
Heavenly Finley: Kateřina Winterová
George Scudder: David Matásek
Aunty Nonnie: Kateřina Burianová
Miss Lucy: Sabina Králová
Stuff: Alexej Pyško
Scotty: Petr Motloch
Bud: Filip Rajmont
Hatcher: Jan Bidlas
Provocateur: Petr Pelzer
Fly: Milan Stehlík
Charles: Oldřich Vlček
Tennessee Williams' classic drama, performed in Czech.
A bitter play with a drop of sentiment whose heroes are not able to come to terms with the incomprehensible cruelty of time. Tennessee Williams presents a picture of corruption, violence and emotional staleness in which the desire for power and property controls and maims human lives. The southern magnate Boss Finley propels his daughter Heavenly into relationships which support his political interests. When he discovers that she is having
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