Ladislav Stroupežnický

Ladislav Stroupežnický ( born January 6, 1850 in Cerhonice; † August 11, 1892 in Prague) was Czech dramatist of the National Theatre in Prague.

Life

Stroupežnický had no knowledge of literature. After attending secondary school in Pisek, he had to help on the family farm. On August 11th 1867 he shot himself in the face, lost nose and lower jaw and was disfigured for life. For over a year he could not speak with his artificial pine and devoted himself to literature.

Shortly thereafter, he moved to Prague, worked as a clerk at the city council, and later with an insurance and wrote for some, especially humorous magazines.

Since 1882 he worked as a dramaturge at the National Theatre. In 1890 he married, but two years later he was due to overloading and constant harassment by other playwrights and actors victim of a serious illness. He is buried in the Prague Cemetery Olšany.

Works

His most famous work was Our Furianten ( Naši furianti ). This is a story from the village honice ( it is strongly reminiscent of his native village ), in which two candidates apply for the post of the night watchman. Both need to get fed up with the work of their children. The play presents to the social problems, and it confirms the social prejudices. The foolish farmer and the wily arms. In prosaistischen works Stroupežnický was less successful. His novels and Humoresken fell by the reader.

In German language, the castle goblin appeared: Comic opera in one recording, translated by Max Brod.