Endre Marton: King Lear, 1964.
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The Final Performance of the Old National Theatre

Analysis by ÁRPÁD KÉKESI KUN


Title: King Lear

Date of Premiere: 22nd May, 1964 (revived on 24th September, 1967 and 28th September, 1974)

Venue: National Theatre, Budapest

Director: Endre Marton

Author: William Shakespeare

Translator: Mihály Vörösmarty (revised by Dezső Mészöly)

Dramaturg: Erzsébet Bereczky (1974)

Assistant director: Eszter Tatár

Set Designer: Josef Svoboda

Costume Designer: Nelly Vágó

Company: National Theatre, Budapest

Actors: Lajos Básti (Lear), Imre Sinkovits (Kent), Tamás Major (Gloster), Ferenc Kállai, Gyula Szersén [1974] (Edmund), Tibor Bitskey, Vilmos Izsóf [1967], László Sinkó [1974] (Edgar), Erzsi Máthé (Goneril), Katalin Berek, Mária Ronyecz [1974] (Regan), Mari Törőcsik, Melinda Máriáss [1974] (Cordelia), Kornél Gelley (Albany), Attila Tyll (Cornwall), János Horkai, Sándor Téri [1974] (Oswald), Vilmos Izsóf, Ottó Szokolay [1967], Pál Somogyvári, Antal Konrád [1974] (King of France), Elemér Tarsoly, János  Horkai [1974] (Gentleman), György Kálmán, István Pathó [from 1968] (Fool), János Pásztor, Géza Sándor [1967], János Pásztor [1974] (Curan), Sándor Hindi, Gellért Raksányi [1967] (Doctor), László Csurka (Messenger 1), Ödön Gyalog (Messenger 2), László Versényi (Servant 1), Tibor Kun (Servant 2), László Balogh (Captain), Béla Bodonyi, Sándor Siménfalvy [1974] (Old Man).