Three propaganda one-act plays: The Revolt, The Jail Opened and Three Broken Clocks, were written as commissioned pieces for the Partisan meetings. The Revolt and The Jail were performend by the course attendants as the closing production of the first theatre course, on the bases of which the decision was made as to who should stay on and receive further schooling and who should return to the army unit. Boris Kidrič wrote in a letter to Kumbatovič »performance instructions« for one-act plays: »I would suggest replacing the antithesis »landlord – shoemaker« with the antithesis »old anti-people's party politician– Liberation Front activist.« To bring in our popular sentiments and our democratic bent as compulsory attributes of our National Liberation struggle ... the empahsis is on the CP, but other patriotic forces must also be brought in ...«
Boris Kidrič’s letter to Filip Kumbatovič Kalan, containing a critique of the sketches
Premiere April 11, 1944 / One-act play / The very first performance
Director Jože Tiran
Scenographer Drago Vidmar
Ljuba Slavka Glavina
Anka Micka Vrščaj
Barica Ivanka Mežan
Slavka Draga Ahačič
Member of the White Guard Maks Nosan
Partisan France Milek
Marjan Dušan Tancik
Prompter Rasto Tusulin