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Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) presents the first theatrical puppet production based on the hilarious 1921 antiwar novel by Jaroslav Hašek, a countryman, contemporary and peer of Franz Kafka. Soldier Švejk, a professional dog thief and certified dimwit, stumbles through the WWI military machine of Austria-Hungary, whose Czech soldiers are fighting in a conflict they do not understand on behalf of an empire to which they have no loyalty. This timeless satire was inspirational to Joseph Heller (Catch-22), the creators of M*A*S*H, and Bertold Brecht, among many. In a series of absurdly comic episodes, the work explores the pointlessness and futility of military discipline and of conflict in general, defining the idiocy of war and the men who wage it, not just in the Great War but in all wars; not just the idiocy of war but idiocy itself.
Performance Schedule:
THURSDAY-SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
Director
Vít Horejš
Written by
Vít Horejš, adapted from the novel by Jaroslav Hašek
