A operetta of three acts. The was written by Mr. Scantisek Storm. by Master's Hammer, a promenade although a chamber orchestra.
The event took place under the slopes of the mountains in the and autumn of the year 1913, Anno Satanas.
Atrament = a student, occultist and adventurer.
Calamaria = a of Spiritus the landlord, a well known medium.
Bombastus von Satrapold = the new Jilemnice Captain.
Poebeldorf = the Captain's aide-de-camp, and a thief
Blether = a groom of castle's and a denouncer.
= a landlord of the Jilemnice inn.
A brief overview of the
We emerged now in Jilemnice in the year 1913, and, therefore in the period when the popularity of spiritism (brought Bohemia by as early as 1880) is at its peak. At first it had performed by Kckonse weavers at Trutnov, but soon it spread all ober the county, and so from the beginnung of the new century, there had been plentiful spiritistic seances at Semily, Nova Paka, Jelezny and Fielemnice, attended by both young and old - a physician sits there along with the undertaker, a by the side of a blacksmith, a together with a gendarme. The farming, and cosequently, all of the is quite naturally being neglected, and the demoralized. That is why the new Jilemnice has been appointed. He is to rid authorities of bothersome spiritists, who have even refused to pay taxes. On the day is due to take over his duties, A Prague student named comes to Jilemnice. He is a free-thinker of a doubtful character, but he is witty. Besides that he is thoroughly in spiritism...