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The history of the Opavian theatre during the interwar period is a relatively unexplored area in the contemporary Czech historiography. The discovery of the complete typescript of the play “Kaolin and Majolica” (authors Josef Heller, Rudolf Kristian), which was put on stage in Opava in the autumn 1933, represents a significant source of information about diverse aspects of cultural and social life in Opava. This publication presents a critical edition of the play “Kaolin and Majolica” including the reproductions of five original drafts of the stage setting and fifteen coloured pen and ink drawings of the slides shown during the performance. The publication further includes other sources relevant to the play. The publication further includes a set of unique photographs and visual materials collected in the research. The publication is a contribution to the Czech theater of the interwar era and documents the response of the repertoire of the Liberated Theater in the border region (Opava) and the local Czech minority.