Mlýny (English: The Mills) is a Czech comedy play based on the early work of Václav Havel and Karel Brynda: Žít po svém (Live My Life).
Story
The storyline is set in a military unit during the socialist era. The simple intrigue showed shooting a civilist for guard's service. A starting point of this satiric comedy depicts people's army as totally absurd "machine" destroying people's characters.
Productions
Divadlo Sklep
Directed by Ondřej Trojan and Jiří Fero Burda. The play had its premiere in 1994. Jan Slovák .... Lance Corporal Milan Maršík Jiří Fero Burda .... Private Marián Šimák/Ghost Petr Koutecký .... Private Čapek Otakáro Schmidt .... Private Houska František Fáňa Váša .... des. Abs. Toman Monika Načeva .... Technical Sergeant Boženka Tomáš Hanák .... Lieutenant Horáček David Vávra .... Lieutenant Colonel Malík Ondřej Trojan .... Captain Sládek Robert Nebřenský .... Major Buzgo Luboš Veselý .... trumpeter