Schandl, Veronika. Socialist Shakespeare Productions in Kádár-regime Hungary
Schandl, Veronika. Socialist Shakespeare Productions in Kádár-regime Hungary

Summary/Abstract: If we say that “Shakespeare is one of the ever-relevant authors”, we claim that Shakespeare’s plays are relevant in every country, at any time. Lofty statements like this passed into general currency centuries ago and anyone can pronounce them without giving proper thought to their underlying validity. It was the bold venture of a young Hungarian literary historian, Veronika Schandl, to explore and thoroughly explain what a similar statement means in Hungary, in the controversial second half of twentieth century; and her work does not echo the cliché referred to at the beginning but asks and answers the overwhelming question: how is this possible?

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