Militarizing Operetta, or Theatre Criticism as War Propaganda
Analysis by ÁRPÁD KÉKESI KUN
Title: Free Wind
Date of Premiere: 6th May, 1950
Venue: Operetta Theatre, Budapest
Directors: Kálmán Nádasdy, Géza Pártos
Authors: Viktor Vinikov, Vladimir Kracht, Viktor Typot
Translators: György Hámos, Endre Gáspár
Composer: Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky
Set designer: Zoltán Fülöp
Costume designer: Tivadar Márk
Choreography: Ágnes Roboz
Conductor: László Várady
Company: Operetta Theatre, Budapest
Actors: Marika Németh, Lilián Birkás, Teréz Komlóssi (Stella), Erzsi Hont, Ilona Kiss (Klementin, Stella’s mother,) Pál Homm, László Palócz (Márkó), Tivadar Bilicsi (Filip), László Keleti (Foma), Zsuzsa Petress, Anna Zentai (Diaboló Pepita), Judit Hódossy, Katalin Jánossy (Monna), Éva Rehák, Éva Marton (Berta), Andor Lendvai, András Faragó, László Palócz, Tibor Nádas (Gall Cézár, an actor), Kamill Feleki (Prompter), Lajos Mányay (George Stan), Róbert Rátonyi (Miki), Vera Sennyey, Lili Murányi (Paulette, The Marquise), Andor Ajtay (Chesterfield), József Romhányi (Barkeeper), József Antalffy (One-Eyed), István Balázs (Chief Constable).