Our Uppish and Defiant Fellows

Ladislav Stroupežnický
Our Uppish and Defiant Fellows

In 1887 the National Theatre's first dramaturge wrote this, the first Czech realist play. To critics of the time it seemed too different, too unusual. They failed to understand it and rejected it. But time has proved its qualities: it has become one of the cornerstones of the golden fund of Czech drama. The author depicts the everyday life of an idyllic-looking village in southern Bohemia. Under the surface of neighbourly camaraderie, dramas are bubbling - there is rivalry for the prestigious designation of 'first farmer', along with discussions of who will be the night-watchman. An unknown man threatens arson. After more than a century this play is more than ever ours - and about us.

DIRECTOR: Jan Antonín Pitínský
STAGE DESIGN: Jan Hubínek
COSTUMES: Kateřina Štefková
MUSIC: Petr Hromádka
DRAMATURGY: Lenka Kolihová Havlíková

FILIP DUBSKÝ: Jiří Štěpnička
MARIE DUBSKÁ: Johanna Tesařová
VÁCLAV: Jan Dolanský / Josef Vinklář
JAKUB BUŠEK: Miroslav Donutil / Václav Postránecký
FRANTIŠKA BUŠKOVÁ: Jitka Smutná
VERUNKA: Kateřina Winterová / Magdaléna Borová
MATĚJ ŠUMBAL: Alois Švehlík
MARIE ŠUMBALOVÁ: Taťjana Medvecká
PAVEL KOŽENÝ: Petr Pelzer
KAŠPAR ŠMEJKAL: Bronislav Poloczek
VALENTIN BLÁHA: Ondřej Pavelka
JOSEF HABRŠPERK: David Prachař
FRANTIŠEK FIALA: Jan Hartl
TEREZKA: Hana Ševčíková
KRISTÝNA: Kristina Lukešová / Gabriela Pyšná
BLACKSMITH: Vlastimil Přáda
KAREL KUDRLIČKA: Saša Rašilov / Milan Stehlík
TOBIÁŠ NEDOCHODIL: Tomáš Stibor
MARKÝTKA: Jaromíra Mílová
VOJTA: Milan Stehlík / Vojtěch Štulc
POLICEMAN: Petr Motloch
MAREK: Václav Postránecký / Petr Pelzer
ROZÁRKA: Sabina Králová