Roofless - József Katona: Bánk bán
Roofless - József Katona: Bánk bán
Author(s): Tamás KoltaiSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Society of the Hungarian Quarterly
Keywords: József Katona
Summary/Abstract: The Krétakör Theatre is one of the most exciting of our theatre companies and the one that travels most, with the company and their manager, Árpád Schilling, now constantly featuring at international festivals. This is a status they do not regard as one of their main goals, being well aware of its attendant dangers. It is easy enough to get into an élite, but fashions are fickle and interest switches soon to new faces, new names, new groups, as if the festival market were subject to an unwritten law: “Be original and flashy; there’s no need to strive all the time for profundity as well.” To judge by what they have achieved to date, the Krétakör have no wish to play by that rule. [...]
Journal: The Hungarian Quarterly
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: 186
- Page Range: 160-164
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English