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„A szabadság laboratóriuma”
'An Experiment in Freedom'

The Basement Theatre as a Potential Path of Student Theatre

Author(s): Anita Patonay
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Theatron Műhely Alapítvány

Summary/Abstract: The Budapest 9th District Council set up a House of Culture in 1962, at Ráday street 5, in the portion of the building facing Török Pál street. The Basement was a separate building, where István Keleti and Éva Mezei could create a crucially important student theatre community. By portraying this story spanning seventeen years, I seek to answer the question – why is it that former members of the student theatre still think of the Basement Theatre as an integral element of their identity.

  • Issue Year: 15/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 102-114
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Hungarian