Collection Karoli Ambiguous Topicality: A philter of state-socialist hungarian theatre, (Paperback)

This monograph examines the Hungarian theatre between 1949 and<br>1989 and uses Philther as the method of writing theatre history. In line<br>with the Philther categories, the twelve performance analyses comprise<br>six units: the context of the performance in theatre culture; dramatic text<br>and dramaturgy; staging; acting; stage design and sound; the impact<br>and posterity. They focus on the beginning, middle and end of state<br>socialism through the productions of three different theatres. The first four<br>chapters examine shows of the Operetta Theatre in Budapest immediately<br>following the nationalization of cultural institutions. The next six chapters<br>deal with performances of the National Theatre during the consolidation<br>of the Kádár regime, and the last two chapters present productions of the<br>Katona József Theatre shortly before the regime change. They all address<br>the question of topicality, the adaptation of stories to contemporary<br>expectations, which often involved the emergence of ambiguity and the<br>involuntary shift of interpreting stage events in the light of the spectactors own situation.

• Collection Karoli Ambiguous Topicality: A philter of state-socialist hungarian theatre, (Paperback)
• Author: Editions L'Harmattan
• ISBN: 9782343230313
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2021-01-01
• Page Count: 218