Maryša (English: Marysha) is a classical drama by brothers Alois Mrštík and Vilém Mrštík from 1894. It is set in a village in Moravia and focuses on the marriage of the eponymous character.
A young woman, Maryša, is promised by her father to Vávra, whose previous wife has died. This not only affects Maryša, but also Francek, the young man who loves her, who decides to leave the village to go to war rather than remain to see Maryša marry Vávra. The play also looks at how the marriage affects the family dynamics, for example, the Grandmother's weakness and inability to help her granddaughter, in stark contrast to the matriarchal figure of Němcová's Babička.
The play explores many challenging themes in a not always easy to interpret manner. The role of women in the play is the most obvious. Maryša's father treats her as an object to be traded, and the authors' depiction of the father suggests a negative reading. However, the actions of Maryša herself, which end in murder despite her continuous rejection of help to escape the marriage as "sin", and the women of the play's lack of desire to help each other suggest that a simple feminist interpretation of the play is inappropriate.
Directed by Alena Pešková. The play had its premiere on 14 March 2009 in J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň.Maryša .... Zuzana Hradilová or Ivona JeličováFrancek .... Marek Kašparovský, Martin Šinták or Milan MaláčLízal .... Radim Kubeček or Viktor GutovLízalka .... Hana Čakarmišová or Michaela MusilováVávra .... Miroslav Hradil or Martin ŠintákRosara .... Jarmila Dycková, Lenka Hraboská or Martina DrbuškováGrandam .... Libuše StaňkováGirls .... Lenka Hrabovská, Lenka Trnková, Martina Drbušková, Jana Kalinská, Jarmila Dycková, Nikola Pažoutová, Misaki Mochizuki, Taguchi EriBoys .... Aleš Lindovský, Pavel Tručka, Richard Ševčík, Petr Hos, Sergej Gherciu, Petr Klabusay, Marek Kašparovský, Milan MaláčSoldier - Destiny .... Miroslav Hradil, Martin Šinták, Marek Kašparovský, Pavel TručkaMale taverner .... Petr Brettschneider or Milan MaláčFemale taverner .... Martina Diblíková or Drahomíra LojdováStrouhalka .... Kateřina Štruncová or Petra TolášováOlders .... Karolína Hlaváčová, Petr Klabusay or Tomáš KilbergDirected by Michal Lang. The play had premiere 21 January 2006 in Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava.Maryša .... Gabriela MikulkováFrancek .... David ViktoraLízal .... Miroslav Rataj or Zdeněk KašparLízalová .... Veronika ForejtováVávra .... Jan FišarRosara .... Kateřina VainarováGrandam .... Miluše HradskáGirls .... Věra Minksová, Vendula Nováková, Marie Pásková, Aneta Vozňáková, Simona Zetíková, Jana OndruškováRecruteirs .... Tomáš Filip, Lukáš Graca, Pavel Nowak, Tomáš RossiMale taverner .... Františk VečeřaFemale taverner .... Marie LogojdováRecruteir Krištofl .... Vladan Hýl or Šimon KrupaStrouhlka .... Anna CónováHillman .... Alexandra GasnárkováFraněk .... Vladimír ČapkaBuček .... Tomáš JirmanHrdlička, judge butler, recruteir, Pavel .... Vladimír PolákNeighbour ..... Zdena BabrajováIt was adapted into a film of the same name by Josef Rovenský in 1935.
