Csokonai Vitéz Mihály

The Widow of Mr. Karnyó and the Two Rascals


Main stage
Karnyó, an old merchant
Szabolcs Balla
 
Mrs. Karnyó, his wife
József Bíró
 
Samu, their son, who is mad
Lóránd Váta
 
Lipittlotty
András Hatházi
 
Tipptopp
Zsolt Bogdán
 
Lázár
Áron Dimény
 
Boris, chambermaid
Melinda Kántor
 
Csokonai Vitéz Mihály
Róbert Laczkó Vass
 
Fairies
Péter Árus , Csaba Marosán , Anikó Pethő , Rita Sigmond , Zsolt Vatány

 

directed by
Attila Keresztes
 
set design
Viola Fodor
 
costume design
Viola Fodor
 
music composed by
Pál Kazár
 
musical coordinator
Pál Kazár
 
choreography
Ferenc Sinkó
 
stage manager
Pál Böjthe
Date of the opening: march 06, 2015
Csokonai wrote The Widow of Mr. Karnyó for student theatre. The story is quite grotesque, and if we were to interpret it in a realistic way, it would be a horrible story. There is a “tough” crone, who is wooed by two young men, but only for her money. She has a mentally disabled child and her husband is away fighting in a war. Everybody believes he is dead, but later he comes home. In the end, she tries to commit suicide due to lovesickness. There is something of Mother Courage in it. According to Csokonai, the genre of the play is fairytale, because this is how he defined the absurd in the 18th century.
Attila Keresztes