''The Pig, or Václav Havel's Hunt for a Pig'' is the final work by

Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...

, co-authored by

Vladimír Morávek Vladimír Morávek (born 9 April 1965 in Moravský Krumlov) is a Czech theatre, film and television director, screenwriter and actor. His 2003 film '' Boredom in Brno'' won five Czech Lions. Between 1996 and 2005 he was art director of Klicpero ...

. The English translation is by

Edward Einhorn Edward Einhorn (born September 6, 1970) is an American playwright, theater director, and novelist, noted for the comic absurdism of his drama and the imaginative richness of his literary works. A native of Westfield, New Jersey, Einhorn graduated ...

. Originally a short dialogue from 1987 (entitled simply ''The Pig'') and printed in a

samizdat Samizdat (russian: самиздат, lit=self-publishing, links=no) was a form of dissident activity across the Eastern Bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground makeshift publications, often by hand, and passed the document ...

, the piece is a comic (and true) story of Václav Havel’s efforts to hold a pig roast for his friends. In 2010, Morávek rediscovered the dialogue and decided to stage it. He began by giving lines to characters only mentioned in passing, but then made a more radical choice: he added sections from one of the most beloved Czech works, ''

The Bartered Bride ''The Bartered Bride'' ( cz, Prodaná nevěsta, links=no, ''The Sold Bride'') is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The work is generally regarded as a major contribution towards the ...

''. This new version was the centerpiece of a theater festival in Brno that June. The English translation was performed at the 3LD Art & Technology Center in New York as part of the Ohio Theater's Ice Factory It was later published by Theater 61 Press. It was remounted in 2014 at 3LD Art + Technology Center. The cast and production team of this play consisted of the following: PRODUCTION TEAM * Director -

Henry Akona Henry Akona is an American theater director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre perf ...

* Choreographer - Patrice Miller * Stage Manager - Elizabeth Irwin * Assistant Musical Director - Melissa Elledge * Assistant Director - Joe Pilowski * Dramaturg - Karen Lee Ott * Set Designer - Jane Stein * Lighting Designer - Jeff Nash * Costume Designer - Carla Gant * Projection Designers - Kate Freer & David Tennet * Sound Operator - Will Campbell * Band Coordinator - Yvonne Roen CAST * American Journalist -

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* Accordion - Melissa Elledge * Ensemble - Elizabeth Figols-Galagarza * Kešot/Ensemble - John Gallop III * Camera Op - Andrew Goldsmith * Havel - Robert Honeywell * Fanda/Choral Leader/Trombone - Michael Hopewell * Violin - Amanda Lo * Cello - Michael Midlarsky * Tap Master's Wife/Ensemble/Clarinet - Jenny Lee Mitchell * Grip - Mateo Moreno * Tomačka/Ensemble/Violin - Phoebe Silva * Soprano Soloist/Ensemble - Moira Stone * Tenor Soloist/Ensemble - Terrence Stone * Tap Master/Ensemble - Michael Whitney * Olga/Ensemble/Flute - Sandy York

External links

''The Pig, or Václav Havel's Hunt for a Pig'' , Translator's Note
Theater 61 Press website

References

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