The text is based on a conference lecture explaining the connection between the Goose on a String Theatre and Mahen's collection of so-called film librettos from 1925. It emphasizes the important role of the theatrologist Bořivoj Srba in the founding process of the theatre and sheds light on the connection between its poetics and the Mahen's book. At the same time, the text points out civic resilience of partakers from the theatre who rightly have Mahen features.