Gypsywood Players
presented before Christmas a performance of T. S. Eliot's
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
with St. George plays.
A play in English on the martydom of St. Thomas Becket
killed on 29 December 1170 at Canterbury.
A show full of music and songs!

A production of the English Department student theatre
(at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University)

Produced with the support of Moravia Translations and Nadace studentů FF MU.
Poděkování firmě Moravia Translations a Nadaci studentů při FF MU za podporu při realizaci.

DIRECTOR:Pavel Drábek
MUSIC:Ondřej Kyas* (+Pavel Drábek)
DESIGN, POSTER, PROPERTIES etc.:Tomáš Hrůza**
COSTUME ASSISTANT:Sylva Marková**
LANGUAGE CONSULTANTS:Jeff Vanderziel, Steve Hardy
CAST:
Thomas Becket, St. GeorgeLukáš Morávek
First Priest, Captain Slasher, ClownTomáš Kačer
Second Priest, Noble DoctorAleš Rumpel
Third PriestPřemek Dohnal
Fourth Tempter, First Knight, Turkish KnightBen Williams
Third Tempter, Second Knight, King of EnglandMilan Pavlas
Second Tempter, Third Knight, Messenger Joshua Mensch
First Tempter, Fourth KnightJakub Kučera
DragonMarkéta Rysová
 Přemek Dohnal
CHORUS:
Radka Bednářová
Zdenka Brandejská
Dita Dvořáková
Lenka Filipová
Marta Filipová (solo)
Veronika Guryčová
Šárka Holčáková
Barbara Hromadová
Petra Kalabisová (solo)
Markéta Kmuníčková
Lidia Kyzlinková
Lucie Martínková
Jana Pírková (solo)
Kateřina Rozsypalová
Markéta Rysová
Hana Smíšková (solo)
Markéta Stinglová
Marie Vališová (solo)
Lenka Vondrušová

* Students of the Music Department
at the Faculty of Arts
** Guest artists
MUSICIANS:
Lucie Pelíšková* (flute, recorders)
Hana Kreclová** (oboe, recorder)
Bára Lungová (bassoon)
Pavel Drábek (piano, drum)
Michal Hubáček** (recorders)
Ondřej Kyas (piano)
Štěpán Tuček** (double-bass)
Zdeněk Marušák / Lubor Pokluda** (clarinette)
Jan Špaček* (cello)
Ondrej Šedo** (violin)
Conducted by Ondřej Kyas
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Don Sparling, the Drábek and Kyas Families, Eva Vykoukalová, Hana Kreclová, Eva Tálská, Míša Sochorová, Vlaďka Vojtíšková, Dáša Červenková, Mirek Obrátil, Ms Praclová, Vladimír Brázda, Jiří Svoboda, Ota Fojt, Ms Foersterová, Ms Krátká, Jaroslav Kyzlink, Ms Siklenková, Petra Eliášová, Bára Lungová, Jan Drábek, Ludmila Fialová


PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES
(by Dita Dvořáková, Marta Filipová and Petra Kalabisová)


Women of Canterbury,
Knights, Priests and Becket

Pavel Drábek and Ondřej Kyas

Ondřej Kyas at a rehearsal

Pavel Drábek at a rehearsal

First Christmas Mumming

First Christmas Mumming

Second Christmas Mumming

Second Christmas Mumming

Second Christmas Mumming

Sword dance rehearsal

The assault on Becket

The killing of Thomas Becket

The Knights and the Priests

Rehearsal of the Knights' apology

The Knights' apology

The Knights' apology