▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries , ▁named ▁J ara ▁C im r man , ▁the ▁first ▁mention ▁of ▁the ▁character . ▁On ▁subsequent ▁shows ▁the ▁jo ke ▁was ▁extended ▁as ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁documents , ▁detail ing ▁other ▁aspects ▁of ▁C im r man ' s ▁life ▁and ▁his ▁the atr ical ▁work , ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁an ▁increasing ▁variety ▁of ▁places . ▁C im r man ' s ▁character ▁and ▁stories ▁were ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁Austria - H ung ary ▁era ▁as ▁a ▁past iche ▁of ▁Czech ▁national ism , ▁but ▁also ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁writers ▁to ▁critic ise ▁the ▁contemporary ▁commun ist ▁regime ▁without ▁detection . ▁As ▁the ▁authors ▁later ▁re called , ▁the ▁myst ification ▁of ▁present ing ▁the ▁new ▁discovery ▁of ▁a ▁forgotten ▁Czech ▁genius ▁was ▁successful . ▁Some ▁listen ers ▁recogn ised ▁it ▁as ▁hum orous , ▁some ▁called ▁for ▁pun ishment ▁for ▁those ▁who ▁tried ▁to ▁dece ive ▁people , ▁and ▁others ▁( at ▁least ▁in ▁the ▁beginning ) ▁believed ▁the ▁stories . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁Ji ří ▁Š eb á nek , ▁together ▁with ▁Mil o ň ▁Č ep el ka , ▁Lad is lav ▁Sm ol jak ▁and ▁Z den ě k ▁Sv ě r ák , ▁founded ▁the ▁ ▁. ▁The ▁first ▁play , ▁written ▁by ▁Sv ě r ák ▁and ▁attributed ▁to ▁C im r man / S vě r ák , ▁was ▁called ▁Akt ▁(" The ▁N ude "), ▁and