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The publication is dedicated to one of the main founders of the legendary Brno Theatre (Goose) on a String. The director with very turbulent and adventurous life is known to the general public as the so-called roofer of the then banned writer Milan Uhde (he signed Uhde’s plays by his own name) and creator of the legendary Ballad for a Bandit, but he created a number of other notable productions in the Children's Studio of Theatre on a String, which he founded, or in collaboration with various amateur theatres. Due to the circumstances of the Communist normalisation in the 1970s, he decided to emigrate to Switzerland in 1980, where he tried to continue in his theatrical career by founding the Théâtre au Boudufil and other companies. After the Velvet Revolution in November 1989, he returned to Czechoslovakia and became the managing director of the Musical Theater in Karlín. The struggle for turning it into a musical scene of European significance finally resulted in a personal tragedy. The 462-page publication with lots of black-and-white and color photographs and materials is also accompanied by the illustrations and collages by the Brno graphic artist František Borovec.