best portray both laughter and tears by shrugging your shoulders. 4. Do not thank the audience for objects thrown on the stage. 5. After a cue do not repeat everything. Some lines are for other actors. 6. Go to the bathroom before the performance so that you do not slouch during the play. 7. If you play a devil, remember before sitting down that you have a tail. 8. During applause on an open stage do not bow. It is most likely for someone else. 9. Remember that some doors are just painted. 10. Do not eat during meals on the stage. Everything is rubber. In another version, the 7th command is omitted and another command is listed as the last one: 10. During the final applause make bows deep enough for the audience not to notice it is you who shouts "Bravo!" Tribute On September 16, 2016, Google celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first play with Jára Cimrman with a Google Doodle. A subspecies of field mouse from the Czech Republic was named Apodemus microps cimrmani in honor of Cimrman. A species of Coccidia in Yemen chameleon was named "Isospora jaracimrmani" in honor of Cimrman. See also The Good Soldier Švejk, another great fictional Czech 7796 Járacimrman Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping References External links Žižkovské divadlo Járy Cimrmana (The Cimrman Theatre in Žižkov) (in Czech) The North American Cimrman Society Kafka Meets Monty Python, Time 2002 Czech culture Fictional Czech people Fictional scientists Nonexistent people used in jokes National personifications Radio superheroes Male characters in radio Radio characters introduced in 1966