Robert Schneider, Kateřina Tučková

Brother of Sleep (Bratr spánku)

The one who loves doesn't sleep.

Švandovo Theatre Ensemble
Show Length: 3 hrs including intermission
Director: Dodo Gombár
Premiere Date: 8. 12. 2018
Derniere Date: 29. 9. 2020

Breathtaking love story about Johannes Elias Alder, a boy with exceptional musical talent, and his cousin Elsbeth. An extraordinaryness is suspicious in a remote village. Nobody cares about a kid with greater talent than Mozart in the cruel conditions. Nobody even notices the genius in him - except for his friends Petr and Elsbeth. More attention is given to his physical handicap. Who's the boy with yellow eyes?

Elias sees the sounds, enters into them, hears distant heartbeats and ancient sins. He can convert all of it into music - literally ethereal music. That's the reason why God is not done with him. God is not done with the villige which is time to time cleansed by fire.

CHARACTERS AND CAST
ELIAS: Jacob Erftemeijer
PETR: Tomáš Červinek
ELSBETH: Denisa Barešová
SEFF: Jan Novotný 
SEFFKA, Eliasova matka: Andrea Buršová
NULF, Petr's and Elsbeth's father: Tomáš Petřík
NULFKA, Petr's and Elsbeth's mother: Marie Štípková
PONEJVÍC / GOLLER: Jan Řezníček 
BURGA / LISTENER: Natálie Řehořová
ELLENSÖNKA: Bohdana Pavlíková
HEINTZ: David Punčochář
HEINTZKA: Réka Derzsi 
LUKAS ADLER: Marek Pospíchal
OLD PRIEST / GARMAN: Luboš Veselý
YOUNG PRIEST / PREACHER / BATTLOG / KOSMAS: Oskar Hes 
ORGANIST OSKAR ADLER / GEN. VICAR: Jiří Weiner 
BELLOWS STEPPER: Vlastimil Žwak

PRODUCTION TEAM
AUTHOR: Robert Schneider
TRANSLATION: Evžen Turnovský
ADAPTATION: Kateřina Tučková
STAGING ADAPTATION AND DIRECTOR: Dodo Gombár
DRAMATURGY: Martina Kinská
STAGE DESIGN: Lucie Labajová
COSTUMES: Lenka Odvárková
MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN: Jacob Erftemeijer, Kryštof Blabla
ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR: Blanka Popková
PRODUCTION: Jitka Dvořáková

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Robert Schneider, Kateřina Tučková

Brother of Sleep (Bratr spánku)

Švandovo Theatre Ensemble
Show Length: 3 hrs including intermission
Director: Dodo Gombár
Premiere Date: 8. 12. 2018
Derniere Date: 29. 9. 2020

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