A Gogolian grotesque with elements of Italian neorealism underscored by Janáček's four-part harmonies. The Divadlo v Dlouhé theater consciously renounced folkloric color and psychological insight into the souls of individual characters and focused primarily on a comedic view of everyday Czech life, in which vanity and personal interests often play a key role. Director Jan Borna based his production on Miroslav Macháček's famous adaptation, which, however, underwent minor changes in the staging by the actors of the Divadlo v Dlouhé theater.
Miroslav Táborský
as Filip Dubský (starosta)
Ilona Svobodová
as Marie Dubská
Jan Meduna
as Václav Dubský
Jiří Wohanka
as Petr Dubský
Miroslav Hanuš
as Jakub Bušek (1. radní)
Lenka Svadbíková
as Františka Bušková
Michaela Váňová
as Verunka Bušková
Pavel Lipták
as Martin Bušek
Jan Vondráček
as Valentin Bláha (vysloužilý voják)
Pavel Tesař
as Josef Habršperk (švec)
Martin Matejka
as František Fiala (krejčí)
Michaela Doležalová
as Terezka Fialová
