Christopher Marlowe

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

László Kálnoky

Studio Performance in the Main Hall
RO
16+
1h 30' without intermission

Faustus
András Csíky
 
Faustus
Zsolt Bogdán
 
Lucifer
András Hatházi
 
Mephistophilis
Imola Kézdi
 
Beelzebub
Kati Panek
 
Valdes
József Bíró
 
Cornelius
Lehel Salat
 
I. Scholar
Áron Dimény
 
II. Scholar
Ferenc Sinkó
 
Pope
Réka Csutak
 
Cardinal
Levente Molnár
 
The emperor of Germain
Alpár Fogarasi
 
Lady of Vanholt
Emese Ambrus
 
Duke of Vanholt
Róbert Laczkó Vass

directed by
Mihai Măniuţiu
 
set design
Cristian Rusu
 
set design
Mihai Măniuţiu
 
costume design
Cristian Rusu
 
choreography
Vava Ştefănescu
 
director's assistant
Miklós Bács
 
stage manager
Levente Borsos
 
prompter
Zsófia Bálint
Date of the opening: march 28, 2003

Faustus cannot resist his thirst for knowledge, for magic and the desire to rule powerful magical forces. But this has a price: the time appointed by destiny is arriving quickly and there is no way back for his condemned soul. The journey of the drifter Faustus is tempted by fantasy, insanity and evil.
 
Director Mihai Maniutiu takes a contemporary view of the drama, approaching it through the doubts and problems of the modern age. He draws a parallel between the thirst for knowledge of the Renaissance man and the attempts by modern man to push limits and break boundaries. Visions of insanity are combined with those of apocalypse, the ubiquity of evil and a great force of passion and sexuality alternates with (a perhaps not yet aborted) hope.