Színpadi álom a Rákóczi-emigrációról. K. Boér Sándor: Gróf Bonnévál vagyis az idegenek Konstancinápolyban
A Dream on Stage about Exile: Sándor K. Boér: Bonnévál or the Strangers in Constantinople

Summary/Abstract: As a Transylvanian playwright, Boér Sándor has dedicated an entire dramatic series to the history of Hungary. The present study aims to offer a contextual interpretation of the only play left in manuscript of this series. His drama Bonnévál vagyis az idegenek Konstancinápolyban [Bonnévál or the Strangers in Constantinople], written at the beginning of the 19th century could be regarded as a historic comedy, but historic facts and their commentaries presented in the play, mixed with fictional sequences offer a particularly interesting anchor point for interpretation, as they focus on a taboo theme: the life of Francis II Rákóczi (former Prince of Transylvania) and his court in exile. The play presents the visit of Humbaracı Ahmed Paşa, a former Christian military officer known as Count Bonneval and his encounter with the exiled Prince Francis II Rákóczi , as well as their contribution to the suppression of the Janissaries Uprising (1830). All this comprises a rather melodramatic theatrical solution but also, it puts emphasis on the special political connections between Europe and the Ottoman Court.

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