The Good Soldier Svejk 1/2 (Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka, 2008)

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Březen 16, 2009

Jaroslav Hašek. Dramatizace Christopher Reason. Režie Gary Brown.

Osoby a obsazení: Švejk (Sam Kelly), nadporučík Lukáš (Adrian Lukis), feldkurát Katz (James Quinn), Katy (Fiona Clark), učitel (Mark Chatterton), Wendler (Arthur Bostrom), paní Müllerová (Melissa Jane Sinden), dr. Grünstein (Stuart Richman), Blahník (Malcolm Raeburn), ordonanc (Howard Chadwick) a další.

Nastudovala BBC v roce 2008. Premiéra 16. (BBC Radio 4, 15:00 – 16:00 h.) a 29. 11. 2008 (BBC Radio 4, 21:00 – 22:00 h.) v cyklu Classic Serial. Vydalo AudioGO Ltd 28. 10. 2010.

Obsah: 1. When he seems to celebrate the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Svejk is arrested and so starts his progress through the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian army. – 2. Svejk and Lukas are sent to the front in disgrace, but Svejk gets waylaid by a gallery of grotesques.

Pozn.: The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek tells the story of Josef Svejk and his adventures in the army during the First World War.
Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Europe is thrown into the First World War and Svejk, played by Sam Kelly, goes along for the ride. He is assigned to be the batman of Reverend Otto Katz, played by James Quinn, a drunk who loses him in a card game to Lieutenant Lukas.
Lukas is a ladies man, and initially enamoured with Svejk. But when Svejk steals a dog for Lukas it lands them both in trouble and subsequently they are sent to the front line. Along the way, Svejk is arrested for having no papers and mistaken for a Russian spy, yet still returns to Lukas in time to assist him with more amorous pursuits.
The Good Soldier Svejk also stars Adrian Lukis, Arthur Bostrom, Eric Potts, Mark Chatterton, Howard Chadwick, Stuart Richman, Fiona Clarke and Bernard Wrigley.