A Day at the Market Place
Pál Závada
A Day at the Market Place
1946, Kunvadas: a fictitious Hungarian village by the city of Szolnok. World War 2 has just ended and a handful of deported Jews are returning home. Lieutenant Sándor, village teacher, is accused of war crimes and is affected by political struggles. Meanwhile, the atmosphere of lynching escalates. Poverty and hunger trigger hysteria and village folk keep looking for an enemy: groups are formed ready to take justice into their own hands. History is quick to repeat itself.
Pál Závada´s his latest novel A Day at the Market Place is based on true events and draws from authentic documents. The novel is one of the principal literary pieces in recent years. Závada, the laureate of the Kossuth Prize, was inspired by the pogrom against Jews, Kunmadaras – utterly shocking, brutal series of events that remain unknown to Hungarian historians. The author explores the motivation behind the incident, and presents major human story of our historical traumas and responsibility for community. The novel was nominated for the 2017 Libri award. The Mohács brothers adapted the piece to stage play.
Awards:
- Colour Catch Award 2018 | Best stage text / drama: ZÁVADA PÁL, ISTVÁN MOHÁCSI, JÁNOS MOHÁCSI: JEDEN TRHOVÝ DEŇ
Première: 13. 5. 2018
Dramaturgy: Istvan Mohács
Costumes design: Pustovník Krisztina
Set design: Zsolt Khell
Lighting: Alexander Baumgartner
Music: Martin Smith
Stage manager: Konya József
Help: Vlk Elizabeth
Assistant director: Ari Sophie
Cast:
MARTINOVICS DORINA
CSILLA RADNAY
ANDRÁS PÁL
ÁDÁM POROGI
KÔŇ ROZI
SODÓ ELIZA
GAZSÓ GYÖRGY
KELEMEN
ZSOLT LÁSZLÓ ZOLTÁN
SCHNEIDER ZOLTÁN
RÓBERT GÁBOR
JÓZSA BETTINA EH.
KONFUCIUS ERIK EH.
ÁRPÁD NÉMEDI
KOVACS Marton violin
Gyulai Csaba gadulka – folk string instrument
Moser ADAM accordion
Némedi Arpad cymbalo
Duration: 2 hrs 25 min no interval
Note
Radnóti Szinház/HUNGARY