In the fall of 1985, Václav Havel recorded his new play Temptation on tape and at the same time commissioned the group The Plastic People Of The Universe to record the music for this production. Both succeeded, but due to the situation that prevailed in the totalitarian regime, it was not possible to realize this connection in the end.
During the preparation of the newly mastered recordings of the PPU group, which Guerilla Records deals with in the program, we also found the original of this author's reading in Robin Karl Popper's archive, and at the same time we have the music for Temptation, which was recorded by PPU at the time.
So it would be appropriate to finally connect these two unique cultural acts into one whole after years, as was originally thought and all 10 images of the play are finally connected by the author's music from the pen of Mejla Hlavsa.
We thus have a unique opportunity to hear Havel's interpretation of his own work. Havel as an actor is very restrained, only occasionally using his intonation to indicate the character and feelings of the characters, including those of the opposite sex. But he is extremely accurate in conveying the meaning of individual lines, the situation and the actions of the characters. And thus very entertaining.
Part of the cover is a copy of his letter to Pavlo Landovská, in which the author explains the origin of the play and a reprint of a review of this play by Ivan Jirous, which was published in the illegal Vokn No. 11. A particularly baked bonus is the final piece, sung by a 42-times golden nightingale from Prague.
Due to the length of the work (161 minutes), it is published as an audiobook.