Lucerna (play)  Lucerna is a Czech fairy-tale play based on a theme of writer Alois Jirásek. The stage play Lucerna, in four acts, was written by Alois Jirásek in 1905. It premiered on 17 November 1905 in National Theatre in Prague. The play was a best-seller. Libor, a miller, lives in his mill with his grandmother and foster daughter Hanka. A waterman, Michal, who lives nearby, is in love with Hanka In an old mill lives a miller Libor with his grandmother and foster-daughter Hanka. In the mill lives an old waterman, Ivan.