GEISSLERS HOFCOMOEDIANTEN: Beauty Succeeds Splendor

An adaptation of the tragicomedy-ballet Psyché from 1671, written for the court of Louis XIV – one of Molière's last plays. This is the first Czech translation and the first production in the Czech Republic. The story follows beauty, which has offended the goddesses themselves and driven Cupid to madness.

Direction: Petr Hašek. Translation, verse adaptation and dramaturgy: Helena Koblischková. Musical transcription and rehearsal: Tomáš Hanzlík. Choreography: Kamila Mottlová. Set design, puppets and costumes: Jitka Nejedlá, Ján Tereba. Original play authors: Molière, P. Corneille, P. Quinault.

Cast: Michaela Váňová, Alena Hladká, Petr Šmíd, Martin Bohadlo, Tereza Bortlová, Eva Henel Burešová. Chamber orchestra: Jiřina Marešová (positive organ), Marek Kubát (archlute), Jakub Michl (viola da gamba).