A Képzelt riport egy amerikai popfesztiválról vígszínházi előadásának recepciója a Kádár-korszak
The Reception of An Imaginary Report on an American Pop Festival at the Vígszínház in the Context of the Cultural Policy of the Kádár Administration

Summary/Abstract: The study places the 1973 musical entitled An Imaginary Report on an American Pop Festival in the context of the contemporary dilemma of youth culture, through the interpretation of the thematics that became identifiable by the contextual analysis of the script. The aim of the work is to examine the broader cultural context that was significant in the staging of the show, as well as its typical questions such as the ideological education of the youth and the role of beat music and theatre in society. The author also addresses contemporary modes of theatre administration, youth policy and the youth theatre’s concepts of aesthetics, as well as its bearing on the musical, generally considered as a progressive genre. Besides the exploration of the circumstances that surrounded the writing of Tibor Déry’s novelette, which served as a basis for the script of the musical, the essay also examines Déry’s intention and motivation as author, and the varied interpretation of the show in the press in Hungary and abroad. The research extends to archival sources relating to the staging of the musical at Vígszínház, the relations between youth culture and theatre, Déry correspondence (partially unpublished), as well as contemporary and present-day press. The broader aim of the study is to provide further insight into the sociohistorical aspects of theatre and the scholarship in the field of contemporary Hungarian youth policy.

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