Text and Visual Context. Shakespeare Adaptations on the Puppet Theatre Stage
Text and Visual Context. Shakespeare Adaptations on the Puppet Theatre Stage

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays in our culture puppet theatre is rather a theatre form for the children’s fun and educa-tion. This is partially true; but we must admit that this is a special theatrical language, which can also arouse emotions in adult spectators, too.Is puppet theatre able to express Shakespeare’s plays in a complex way? Obviously, not. Not in the same way, as theatre does. Puppet theatre has its own rules, which should be used strictly for all stage adaptations. In my paper I would like to analyze three Shakespeare adaptations for puppet theatre stage: Oh Romeo, oh Juliet, directed by Pal Antal, 1993; Romeo and Juliet, directed by Tamás Somogyi, 2012, and Hamlet directed by the same Tamás Somogyi, 2014.The core of my investigation is to which extent is the text important, or can visual dramaturgy (a term introduced by Hans Thies Lehmann) help us to understand the problems of the Shakespeare-an dramas? Are we able to understand the problems expressed by the play even is text is not used, only by means of the visual context?

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