Maryša
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.
Summary
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.
Women in the Play
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.
Productions
Divadlo J. K. Tyla
- 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 Jeličová
- Francek .... Marek Kašparovský, Martin Šinták or Milan Maláč
- Lízal .... Radim Kubeček or Viktor Gutov
- Lízalka .... Hana Čakarmišová or Michaela Musilová
- Vávra .... Miroslav Hradil or Martin Šinták
- Rosara .... Jarmila Dycková, Lenka Hraboská or Martina Drbušková
- Grandam .... Libuše Staňková
- Girls .... Lenka Hrabovská, Lenka Trnková, Martina Drbušková, Jana Kalinská, Jarmila Dycková, Nikola Pažoutová, Misaki Mochizuki, Taguchi Eri
- Boys .... Aleš Lindovský, Pavel Tručka, Richard Ševčík, Petr Hos, Sergej Gherciu, Petr Klabusay, Marek Kašparovský, Milan Maláč
- Soldier - Destiny .... Miroslav Hradil, Martin Šinták, Marek Kašparovský, Pavel Tručka
- Male taverner .... Petr Brettschneider or Milan Maláč
- Female taverner .... Martina Diblíková or Drahomíra Lojdová
- Strouhalka .... Kateřina Štruncová or Petra Tolášová
- Olders .... Karolína Hlaváčová, Petr Klabusay or Tomáš Kilberg
Národní divadlo moravskoslezské
- Directed by Michal Lang. The play had premiere 21 January 2006 in Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava.
- Maryša .... Gabriela Mikulková
- Francek .... David Viktora
- Lízal .... Miroslav Rataj or Zdeněk Kašpar
- Lízalová .... Veronika Forejtová
- Vávra .... Jan Fišar
- Rosara .... Kateřina Vainarová
- Grandam .... Miluše Hradská
- Girls .... Věra Minksová, Vendula Nováková, Marie Pásková, Aneta Vozňáková, Simona Zetíková, Jana Ondrušková
- Recruteirs .... Tomáš Filip, Lukáš Graca, Pavel Nowak, Tomáš Rossi
- Male taverner .... Františk Večeřa
- Female taverner .... Marie Logojdová
- Recruteir Krištofl .... Vladan Hýl or Šimon Krupa
- Strouhlka .... Anna Cónová
- Hillman .... Alexandra Gasnárková
- Franěk .... Vladimír Čapka
- Buček .... Tomáš Jirman
- Hrdlička, judge butler, recruteir, Pavel .... Vladimír Polák
- Neighbour ..... Zdena Babrajová
Adaptions
It was adapted into a film of the same name by Josef Rovenský in 1935.[1]