Szigligeti Theatre Presents Liliom by Ferenc Molnár

Szigligeti Theatre's first big stage premiere of the season will take place on Friday, 10 October, at 7 pm. János Szikora, manager of Vörösmarty Theatre Székesfehérvár, puts Ferenc Molnár's play Liliom to the stage. For the premiere, Szigligeti season tickets are valid. After Friday's premiere, the next performances are scheduled for Saturday, 5 pm (Papp Magda season ticket), and Sunday, 7 pm (Halasi Gyula season ticket).

A ballad about the unspoken love between two people, dependent on each other. A song of the expulsion from Paradise. A game of fate with a man who never made a compromise, always avoided the law and dull weekdays. Ferenc Molnár's bittersweet legend, with its gentle, poetic sentimentalism, amd the commonplace romanticism of clean-hearted tough guys and little servant girls in love, is one of the most-played works of Hungarian theatre.

The play is directed by János Szikora, winner of the Jászai Mari-award, general director of Vörösmarty Theatre in Székesfehérvár. He studied at the Theatre and Film Academy in Budapest, then worked for the National Theatre of Pécs. From 1980, he was an art director at the theatre of Győr, then from 1983, a director at the Natoional Theatre of Miskolc, and from 1985, general director of the newly reopened Gárdonyi Géza Theatre in Eger. From 1986, director at the Vígszínház. Between 1991–1994, art contsultant, then later director for the National Theatre of Pécs. Between 1996-1999, art director of the National Theatre of Szeged and of Szeged Open-air Festival.

 

Ferenc Molnár

Liliom

A legend from the outskirts of the city

Cast:

Liliom – Kardos M. Róbert
Juli – Tasnádi-Sáhy Noémi
Mari – Tóth Tünde
Ficsúr – Szotyori József
Hugó – Hunyadi István
Linzmann – Meleg Vilmos
Mrs. Muskát – Fodor Réka
Lujza, handmaid – Magyari Izabella
Mrs. Hollunder – Hajdu Géza
The Hollunder girl – Ababi Csilla
Doctor – Csatlós Lóránt
Writer, First policeman – Dobos Imre
Lather – Kovács Levente Jr.
Captain, Second Detective – Kiss Csaba
Berkovics, Second policeman, First detective – Kocsis Gyula

Director: Szikora János
Set and costume design: Florina Bellinda Vasilatos
Composer: Horváth Károly
Assistant director: Czvikker Katalin
Dramaturg: Derzsi Pálma
Stage manager: Joó Emília
Prompter: Körner Anna