Radúz and Mahulena is an 1898 stage play by Czech novelist Julius Zeyer.
Zeyer’s dramatic poem is one of the most beautiful love stories to have graced a Czech stage. Classical fairy-tale motifs wed with mythological references joined together with bravado through a metaphorical language. Radúz and Mahulena, from feuding kingdoms, surmount on behalf of their love not only the wiles of fate, but also the sorceries of Queen Runa, burning with hate. Zeyer gave his play the subheading “A Slovak fairy tale in four acts” and the splendid prologue “I am a fairy tale. I will lead those who join me to the blue lands of fable...”
Besides Slovak myths and fairy tales, he also drew upon the Indian drama Sakuntala by the poet Kalidasa. In doing so, he created an exceptionally impressive work whose centre of gravity is the power of the word augmented by abundant symbolism of colours and natural elements.
Directed by Petr Weigl.Mahulena .... Magda VašaryováRadúz .... Jan TřískaStojmír .... Jiří AdamíraRadovíd .... Vladimír RážRuna .... Jaroslava AdamováPrija .... Nada UrbánkováŽiva .... Jaroslava ObermaierováNyola .... Dana MedřickáPribina .... Václav MarešVratko .... Vladimír MenšíkMaid of Honour .... Marie PopelkováLover .... Jiří HospodaHerold .... František MichálekSawyer .... Richard ZáhorskýSinger .... Petr SvojtkaDancer .... Miroslav KuraDirected by Jan Antonín Pitínský. The premiere had 18 June 2009.Mahulena .... Pavla BeretováRadúz .... Vojtěch DykStojmír .... Alois ŠvehlíkRadovid .... Jiří ŠtěpničkaRuna .... Johanna TesařováPrija .... Antonie TalackováŽiva .... Eva VrbkováNyola .... Marie MálkováPribina .... Milan StehlíkVratko .... Jan BidlasDirected by Martin Tomsa. The premiere had 29 March 2009.Mahulena .... Dana MackováRadúz .... Radovan LabaničStojmír .... Vlastimil SmolíkRadovíd .... Martin TomsaRuna .... Adéla KochováPrija, Živa .... Petra Španělová, Zuzana VoglováNyola .... Šárka MaršálováPribina .... Jaroslav VeličkaMaid of honour .... Monika Dopitová, Adriana BajtkováDirected by Michael Tarant. The premiere had 18 and 19 October 2008.Mahulena, their daughter .... Máša MálkováRadúz, prince of Magura .... Jan MusilStojmír, king of Tatra .... Josef VránaRadovid, butler of Radúz .... Martin MňahončákRuna, his wife .... Romana ChvalováPrija, their daughter .... Petra JanečkováŽiva, their daughter .... Barbora DipoldováQueen Nyola, his mother .... Dagmar NovotnáPribina, důvěrník Stojmírův .... Josef PejchalVratko, sawyer .... Radek ŽákHigh Priest .... Jan HyhlíkPythoness .... Lída VláškováDead King .... Pavel Novotný
