Těžká Barbora (English: Heavy Barbora) is a Czech satirical play directed against the rising power of the Nazi régime. It was premiéred on 5 November, 1937 at Osvobozené divadlo in Prague. The comedians Jan Werich and Jiří Voskovec appeared in the main roles, Jaroslav Ježek created the music.
The story depicts a conflict between two fictional noble houses, Eidamští ("Eidams") and Yberlandští ("Yberlands"), the later attacking the former, the former then employing two soldiers (Werich and Voskovec), that build a cheese cannon (Těžká Barbora).
Directed by Miroslav Zachata. The play had premiere on 14 June 1960 in ABC Theatre, Prague.Jan WerichMiroslav HorníčekMayor .... Lubomír KostelkaLudmila PíchováZlatomír VacekStella ZázvorkováJiří PickJiřina BohdalováStanislav FišerJan VíšekVáclav TréglIvo NiederleOtto LackovičElena HálkováLubomír BrygRoman HemalaDirected by Radka Tesárková, The play had premiere on 30 November and 1 December 2007 in Radar Theatre, Prague.Kristian van Bergen, mayor of Eidam City .... Jakub Baran or Vojtěch KlingerGreta, his unfaithful wife .... Eliška Holzknechtová or Barbora KašpaříkováHans Bolz, marshal .... Vojtěch KoutekElisabeth, his devoted wife .... Markéta Hausnerová or Silvie Průšová or Andrea ŠíchováGustav Harmoniensis, teacher .... Jakub HudecVandergut, lord of castle .... Matěj TrojanSiska, mayor's butler .... Anna Kottasová or Kateřina TvrdíkováKrištof, cheesemaker .... Oliver CoxPeter, noble foreigner .... Jakub HeřmánekShop assistant .... Eliška Holzknechtová or Barbora Kašpaříková1st Citizen of Eidam .... Markéta Hausnerová or Silvie Průšová2nd Citizen of Eidam .... Anna Štěpánková3rd Citizen of Eidam .... Lucie Špitálská or Ludmila ŘímanováPyšvejcová, 1st schoolchild .... Anna Kottasová or Kateřina Tvrdíková2nd schoolchild .... Markéta Hausnerová or Andrea Šíchová3rd schoolchild .... Lucie Špitálská or Ludmila Římanová4th schoolchild .... Kateřina Chadimová or Anna ŠtěpánkováCaptain .... Eliška Holzknechtová or Barbora KašpaříkováCorporal .... Markéta Hausnerová or Silvie PrůšováJinkney .... Anna Kottasová or Kateřina Tvrdíková1st Freelance .... Lucie Špitálská or Ludmila Římanová2nd Freelance .... Kateřina Chadimová or Anna ŠtěpánkováDirected by Josef Víšo. The play had premiere 21 September 2009 in A. V. Šembera Theatre, Vysoké Mýto.Kristian van Bergen .... Vladimír MartínekGreta, his unfaithful wife .... Dana LabováHans Bolz, marshal of Eidam .... Petr RyškaElisabeth, his devoted wife .... Petra VtípilováVanderburg, lord of castle .... Karel FenikGustav Harmoniensis, teacher .... Petr KlofandaSiska, mayor's butler .... Michaela KotrbováKrištof, cheesemaker .... Václav DoležalPeter, noble foreigner .... Richard MatoušekShop assistant .... Marie ŠvadlenováCouncillor of Eidam .... Pavel PešekBaker Woman .... Martina ŠtěpánováButcher .... Martin DivokýCaptain .... Josef VíšoCorporal .... Martin DivokýJikney .... Karel JiskraJailor .... Karel Jiskra1st schoolchild .... Tereza Havlíková2dn schoolchild .... Barbora Fuksová3rd schoolchild .... Žaneta Burešová4th schoolchild .... Denisa Škorňová5th schoolchild .... Lada Eliášová1st Freelance .... Tomáš Válek2dn Freelance .... Marek Harvan
