Jan Drda: Dalskabáty, hříšná ves, or The Forgotten Devil (1960)

Dalskabáty, hříšná ves, or The Forgotten Devil is a fairy tale written by Jan Drda in 1960 as a comedy of 8 scenes. A fairy-tale comedy about a "thanked" devil who started working and learned to love the simple and good inhabitants of a poor village. With his help, the people discover an archdevil posing as a priest and trying to seduce them to sin by means of scientific psychology. Radio version of the production by Divadlo Na Vinohradech. Directed by Miloslav Stehlík. Radio direction by Oldřich Hoblík. Persons and cast: Mariana Plajzner, widow (Vlasta Chramostova), Trepifail, the devil, later Mates (Jaroslav Moučka), parish priest (Jiří Sovák), churchman (Ilja Prachař), miller (Lída Vostrčilová), blacksmith (Josef Bláha), blacksmith (Věra Budilová), Honza Mrazno, blacksmith's helper (Stanislav Remunda), Manchinka (Olga Sluníčková), the comedian Lupino (Vlastimil Brodsky), the ruler of hell Beelzebub (Otomar Korbelář), Marbulius ( Josef Vosalik), Dr. Solfernus (Vlastimil Fišar), dr. Belfegor (Zdeněk Hodr), the service devil (Miloš Liška).