Representation of Consciousness in Gábor Bódy’s Hamlet
Representation of Consciousness in Gábor Bódy’s Hamlet

Summary/Abstract: Starting from theoretical considerations regarding the relationship between the dramatic text and its representation, the present paper proposes to investigate the space construction in the Hungarian experimental director’s stage/video adaptation of the Shakespearean play. The performance makes use of a “bio-radical” setting modeling the shape of a dissected human brain. On the one hand, the paper focuses on the multimedial feature of the aesthetic experience provided by the television version of the performance, blending both theatrical and cinematic space experience. On the other hand, the study argues that the performance initiates a fruitful dialogue between tradition and innovation, simultaneously evoking the emblematic character of the early modern theater and setting up a postmodern experimental stage. The consciously explored simultaneity of various representational and theatrical traditions/inventions results in a Neo-Avantgarde reinterpretation of the Renaissance Theatrum mundi, aimed at staging the micro- and macrocosmic (corpo)reality of the subject and its social environment.

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