Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter

The famous novel The Scarlet Letter was first published in 1850. Its author, the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, takes his readers to 17th century New England and tells the story of a woman who refuses to tell the name of the father of her illegitimate child and is publicly condemned. Persons and cast: Hester Prynnova (Vera Galatíková), Roger Chillingworth (Karel Höger), Pastor Arthur Dimmesdale (Luděk Munzar), Governor Bellingham (Vladimir Leraus), Widow Higgins (Ludmila Bures), jailer (Jan Teplý), Captain (Vladimir Cech), man (Josef Patočka), 1st woman (Jaroslava Drmlová), 2nd woman (Drahomíra Fialková) and narrator (Josef Červinka)