Socialist Shakespeare productions in Kadar-Regime Hungary
Subtitle: Shakespeare behind the Iron Curtain
By: Veronika Schandl ; with a foreword by Istvan Geher.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780773447462
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- Hungary; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- Hungary; Socialism and theater -- Hungary; Theater -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The world's back is curved : Shakespeare in Socialist Hungary; title: To cover his dark secrets he acted a fool : Hamlet on Hungarian stages between 1952-1977; title: Which grave, as you see, is our stage prop today : Hamlet on Hungarian stages between 1981-1983; title: In this picturesque country show me a man, who could compete with Shakespeare William : the Hungarian hamlets of the Kadar-Regime; title: Staring into our own trembling reflections : the problem plays in Kadarist Hungary; title: The chippings of our scattered mirrors : All's well that ends well in late Socialist Hungary; title: What vast labyrinths zigzag in our hearts : Troilus and Cressida in late Socialist Hungary; title: We look for the keys, for clues and for hints : Measure for measure in late Socialist Hungary.