Társadalmi norma és szenvedély által vezérelt színpadi játék. A kémnő Prielle Kornélia
Acting Driven by Social Norms and Passion: Kornélia Prielle as a Spy

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the aspects of gestures and facial expressions, body movements and vocal manipulation in one of the stage roles of the actress Kornélia Prielle (1826-1906), the role of Zikka in Dora (V. Sardou). In order to explore the performative dimensions of her stage play, it explores questions such as: in what context does the spy appear on Hungarian stages? How and with what tools did the artist convey the meanings of Dora? What did Prielle’s style of acting mean and what audience needs did it satisfy? The study demonstrates that by transforming the norms of performativity beyond the contemporary pigeonholing of the salon actress, Prielle breaks out of this role type and, by showing the modulations of passion and the suspension of social rules on stage, introduces a style of acting that goes beyond and reinterprets Paulay’s ideal of national theatre realism.

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