A story of two people that found themselves in the same places and lived through similar tragedies, and still had never get to know each other. Their life paths intertwined but never converged - both survived the Theresianstadt and Auschwitz concentration camps, death march but also post-war injustice. An English version was successfully put on Broadway stage in New York.
Creators:
From authentic testimonies compiled by Tomáš Hrbek, Lucie Kolouchová, Daniel Hrbek.
Director: Daniel Hrbek
Scenic and Costume Design: Daniel Hrbek
Lights: Vojtěch Nebeský
Sounds: Stanislav Halbrštát
Dramaturgy: Lucie Kolouchová
Cast:
Milos Dobry - Miroslav Hruška
Hana Pravda - Marta Dancingerová
Reviews:
"Sometimes, the best way to serve a story is to get out of its way." - Hayley Levitt, TheaterMania
"The creative team handles the pair of testimonials with delicacy, abstaining from manipulative embellishments in favor of raw depositions, allowing the simple yet haunting stories to radiate with unadulterated authenticity."
Hayley Levitt, TheaterMania
"A striking design by director and cocreator Daniel Hrbek."
Hayley Levitt, TheaterMania
"In the face of adversity, goodness and truth have once again prevailed."
Hayley Levitt, TheaterMania
"The intertwined monologues don’t enhance or refract each other as much as you might wish, but they’re both compelling."
Alexis Soloskiaug, The New York Times
"Specifics give the story its power and its horror: the size of the boots that pinch Milos’s feet so badly that his toes start to fester, the frozen cabbages that Hana and other prisoners fight over during a forced march, the tulip bulbs that Milos eats, having mistaken them for onions."
Alexis Soloskiaug, The New York Times
"Mr. Hrbek encourages his actors to treat the material with appropriate gravity and fervor."
Alexis Soloskiaug, The New York Times
"And given the facts of each story, it is remarkable that Mr. Dobry and Ms. Pravda lived to offer their testimony at all."
Alexis Soloskiaug, The New York Times
"Fortunately for the cast and crew of The Good and the True, everything else about their production is entirely and startlingly remarkable."
Martin Pengelly, The Guardian
