Henrik Ibsen

Wild Duck

National Theatre of Miskolc, Hungary
Adaptation by Gábor Rusznyák, based on the translation by László Kúnos, and the ideas of the company

Studio
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12+
1h 50' without intermission

Ferenc Fandl
Attila Harsányi
Anna Mészöly
Júlia Fazakas
Tibor Gáspár
Dezső Szegedi
Erika Nádasy
Lehel Salat
Sándor Farkas
Valéria Kerekes
Mária Takács

directed by
Gábor Rusznyák
 
set designer
Gábor Rusznyák
 
costume design
Ildi Tihanyi
 
director's assistant
Ildikó Hadházy
 
stage manager
Réka Budai
 
prompter
Klára Bíró
Hjalmar lives modestly but happily with his wife, his young daughter, and his elderly father, who makes his ruined life content by caring for sick and injured animals. The family's only regret is that their daughter, Hedvig, is rapidly losing her sight, and according to doctors, she will be blind by the time she reaches adolescence. After fifteen years, Gregers reunites with his childhood friend, Hjalmar. Gregers' father, a former business partner of old Hjalmar, is now successful and wealthy. Gregers cannot bear to see Hjalmar as a shadow of the man he once was. Determined to bring order to his friend's life, he confronts him with the lie he is living. However, the revelation of their shared past has fatal consequences for both fathers and sons...