Szaniszló Kitti – Facts and Fiction in the Life of Jane Eyre as a Governess, part 2
In my first blog post I presented the elements of a Victorian Governess Novel and wrote about Charlotte Brontë’s intentions with her famous book, Jane Eyre. I also researched and described the life of real governesses in the Victorian period with the help of M. Jeanne Peterson’s work on the subject. Now I will use…
Bozóki Vivien – A Play and a Performance with Two Interpretations (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Theatre Review)
A review of Szkéné Theatre’s production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (dir. Szikszai Rémusz) by Bozóki Vivien Concerning Tom Stoppard’s rather absurd play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, I would hardly dare to declare anything. Hardly anything, except for the following: the performance at Szkéné Theatre, on the 12th of October 2015,…
Bánovics Nóra – Ticket to Elizabethan Times (Elizabeth I Theatre Review)
A review of Szkéné Theatre’s production of Paul Foster’s Elizabeth I (dir. Szikszai Rémusz) by Bánovics Nóra Paul Foster’s Elizabeth I is not a well-known play. It was written in 1972 but it was not and is not performed frequently even nowadays. Yet we can see it here in Hungary, in one of the smallest…
Bozóki Vivien – A Stadium, Swear Words and Social Criticism (Hamlet Theatre Review)
A review of Örkény Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet (dir. Bagossy László) by Bozóki Vivien Shakespeare’s Hamlet played in a modern age can bring some surprises. Especially if it’s played in Örkény Theatre. For example, I would never have thought that Hamlet could be performed in an unchanging set that is a stadium for the whole time of the performance,…
Szaniszló Kitti – Facts and Fiction in the Life of Jane Eyre as a Governess, part 1
Do you ever wonder what the life of working women, especially governesses was in the nineteenth century? To what extent is one of the most popular novels on the life of a governess, Jane Eyre, a reliable source? These are the questions I would like to answer in this two-part series. A governess as main…
Sánta Lúcia – Beszámoló 1: V. Drámafordító műhely
Hét nap, hét darab – ötödik drámafordító műhely. A második számomra, és az első, amikor Nagyváradon vehettem részt. A hosszú utat és a korai indulást Somló tanárnő gyorsan könnyedebbé tette, hiszen a Keleti pályaudvaron a korábbi évek fordításait tartalmazó, hamarosan megjelenő kötettel várt minket. Ez a könyv egész hétre megadta nekünk az inspirációt, kinek azért,…
Nyitrai Flóra – The most exciting attractions
“The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.” – Andy Warhol We rarely think about how daring and provocative people already were half a century ago. My aim is to challenge this and show you, through the art of Andy Warhol and Maria Lassnig, the boldness artists exhibited within the field of…
Komáromi Tímea – Modern Madness (Hamlet Theatre Review)
A review of Örkény Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet (dir. Bagossy László) by Komáromi Tímea What characterises the performance of Hamlet in Örkény Theatre is modern thinking. Putting Shakespeare – or any other Renaissance play – into a 21st century context is always a challenge, one that not all adaptations can fully rise to. In…
Dr. Schandl Veronika – Get Some Shakespeare into Your Lives!
What does a Shakespeare scholar do when, following her heart, she ends up as a stay-at-home mum in the American Midwest? Well, what she would always do – look for Shakespeare in her vicinity. Luckily, yours truly landed not on a desert island, but at the University of Notre Dame, one of the best colleges…