Fragments of a Filming Story. Szentkirályi Theatre Workshop: The Letter, (2001) Cover Image

Egy forgatás történetfoszlányai. Szentkirályi Színházi Műhely: A levél, 2001
Fragments of a Filming Story. Szentkirályi Theatre Workshop: The Letter, (2001)

Author(s): Rozália Székely
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Theatron Műhely Alapítvány
Keywords: animal; family theatre; presence; autobiography; space

Summary/Abstract: The two founding members of a family theatre, through their desire to evoke the past, make the theatrical present the protagonist of their performance. The play traps the perception of theatre with their own personalities and their relationship with each other, and gives theatre writing a task that spans decades. A mysterious aesthetic quality, based on the identity of animal and human attention, the untouchability of space, and the fullness of human presence, play hide-and-seek in a 240 square metre basement. The inspiration for the Szentkirály Theatre Workshop’s production of “The Letter” is a professional and personal story: film director Dezső Magyar, the former husband of Lili Monori, defected in the early 1970s, the day after the failure of the film “The Letter”. The filming lasted one day and was stopped centrally after a denunciation because it contained excerpts from a banned Russian short story.

  • Issue Year: 19/2025
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 112-122
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Hungarian
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