Lope de Vega: The Gardener's Dog

When Countess Diana discovers that her secretary, Theodore, is in love with the chambermaid, she herself falls in love with the hitherto hidden feeling. The already tricky situation is further complicated by the Countess's suitors and by Theodore's neurotic background. In the end, the servant Tristan manages to solve everything. A comedy in verse by the classic of Spanish literature Lope de Vega: Gardener's dog. The comedy The Gardener's Dog is based on the seventh story of the fifth day of Boccaccio's Decameron and its theme is not only love but also jealousy, a jealousy that is consuming and ridiculous. The 1993 production by Jiří Horčička starred Jana Preissová, Václav Postránecký, Ivan Rezac, Tatiana Medvecka, Helena Friedrich, Miluše Šplechtová, Zdeněk Řehor, Miroslav Wednesday, Jiří Plachý, Stanislav Bruder and Martin Růžek.