Hordubal
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After eight year of working in the USA, Juraj Hordubal returns to Carpathian Ruthenia, looking forward to seeing his devoted wife Polana and loving daughter Hafia. Naively expecting everyone to welcome him warmly, he rather idealises his homecoming. Yet despite meeting with a frosty reception, Hordubal still believes that everyone will soon get used to his being around and things will be better. When he discovers that his wife has had an affair with the young farm keeper Štěpán Manya, the relationship between the two men becomes extremely tense and the latter is forced to leave his post. Nevertheless, Polana and Manya keep meeting. The strange love triangle ultimately culminates in a murder. The epic psychological story thus suddenly turns into a thrilling investigation of the criminal act. Who is the culprit and who covers for whom? This funeral reception does not bring any relief …
Program and cast
Polana Hordubalová
Zuzana
Stivínová
Hafie, Polana´s daughter
Josefína
Krycnerová
Kristýna
Šobíšková
Štěpán Manya
Radúz
Mácha
Old Manya, father of Štěpán
Jiří
Štěpnička
Míša, chief shepherd
David
Prachař
Vasil Gerič, Mayor of Krivá
Jan
Bidlas
Gernaj, police sergeant
Vladislav
Beneš
Biegl, police trainee from Bohemia
Filip
Kaňkovský
Mechajl Hordubal, younger brother of Juraj
Igor
Orozovič
Oxeňa Hordubalová, wife of Mechajl, waitress
Zuzana
Stavná
Gejza Fedeleš
Matyáš
Řezníček
Michal Herpák
Filip
Rajmont
Andrej Pjosa, alias Husár
Alois
Švehlík
Hanuš
Bor
Marika Berkovičová, landlady
Johanna
Tesařová
Juliana Varvarinová
Alena
Štréblová
Marta Bobalová
Sarah
Haváčová
Ďula Manya, young brother of Štěpán
Filip František
Červenka
Lawyer from the town
Sebastian
Jacques
Wanderer
Martina
Znamenáčková
Prague National Theatre
The National Theatre today
The historical building of the National Theatre, constructed in 1883, is generally considered the prime stage in the CzechRepublic. It is the flagship of the National Theatre institution, today amounting to five buildings and encompassing four companies. You can see there Opera, Drama and Ballet performances.
Idea of building a stately theatre for the Czech nation
The National Theatre is the embodiment of the will of the Czech nation for a national identity and independence. Collections of money among the broad mass of the people facilitated its construction and hence the ceremonial laying of its foundation stone on 16 May 1868 was tantamount a nationwide political manifestation.
The idea of building a stately edifice to serve as a theatre was first mooted in the autumn of 1844 at meetings of patriots in Prague. It began to materialise through a request for “the privilege of constructing, furnishing, maintaining and managing” an independent Czech theatre, which was submitted to the Provincial Committee of the Czech Assembly by František Palacký on 29 January 1845. The privilege was granted in April 1845. Yet it was not until six years later – in April 1851 – that the Society for the Establishment of a Czech National Theatre in Prague (founded in the meantime) made its first public appeal to start collections. A year later the proceeds of the first collections allowed for the purchase of land belonging to a former salt works with the area of less than 28 acres, which predetermined the magnificent location of the theatre on the bank of the river Vltava facing the panorama of Prague Castle, yet at the same time the cramped area and trapezoidal shape posed challenging problems for the building’s designers.
By car
To the centre (OldTown), approach on Masarykovo nábřeží (Masaryk embankment) in the direction from the Dancing House, at the crossroads in front of the National Theatre turn right to Divadelní street and then right again to Ostrovní street to the National Theatre car park. Parking costs 50 CZK/h.
By tram
By daytime trams Nos. 6, 9, 18 and 22 and night trams Nos. 53, 57, 58, 59 to the stop “Národní divadlo” – in front of the NT historical building; by daytime tram No. 17 to the stop “Národní divadlo”.
By metro
To the station “Můstek”, line B (yellow), and then by foot on Národní street; or to the station “Karlovo náměstí” and then two stops by tram No. 6, 18 or 22 to the stop “Národní divadlo”. To the station “Staroměstská”, line A (green), and then two stops by tram No. 17 to the stop “Národní divadlo”.
Performances: Th 06 Jun 2024,
Performances: Fr 21 Jun 2024,
Performances: We 11 Sep 2024, 08:30
Performances: We 12 Jun 2024,
Performances: Sa 13 Apr 2024, 00:00
Performances: Su 08 Dec 2024, 09:15-10:00