A Bitter Farce of Losing Political Ideals
Analysis by ÁRPÁD KÉKESI KUN
Title: King John
Date of Premiere: 4th November, 1984
Venue: Castle Theatre, Budapest
Director: Imre Kerényi
Author: Friedrich Dürrenmatt (based on William Shakespeare’s King John)
Translator: Gábor Görgey
Composers: Gábor Kemény, Tibor Kocsák
Dramaturg: Enikő Márai
Set designer: Attila Csikós
Costume designer: Zsuzsa Borsi
Company: National Theatre, Budapest. Actors: István Hirtling (John Plantagenet, King of England), Éva Vass (Queen Eleanor, mother of John), Anna Götz (Isabella of Angoulême, wife of John), Anna Kubik (Blanche of Castile, niece of John), Cecília Esztergályos (Constance, sister-in-law of John), Viktória Garai (Artur Plantagenet, Duke of Brittany, nephew of John), Frigyes Funtek (Philip Faulconbridge, the Bastard), Eszter Szakács (Lady Faulconbridge, mother of the Bastard), György Csák (Robert Faulconbridge, brother of the Bastard), Zsigmond Fülöp (Philip, King of France), József Kerekes (Louis the Dauphin), László Dózsa (Leopold, Prince of Austria), Zoltán Nagy (Pandulpho, Cardinal of Milan), Pál Mácsai (Earl of Pembroke, Minister of John), László Baranyi (Chantillon, Ambassador of Philip), Péter Czibulás (Lord Essex; First citizen from Angers), Csongor Ferenczy (Lord Bigot; English Herald), György Bősze (Lord Salisbury; French Herald), Bertalan Bagó (Soldier), Péter Győri (Soldier), Géza Kaszás (Soldier), Árpád Nagy (Musician).
