Krétakör Színház - Chalk Circle Theatre presents

MOLIÈRE

MISANTHROPE


ALCESTE: ZOLTÁN MUCSI
CÉLIMÈNE: ROLAND RÁBA
PHILINTE: JÓZSEF GYABRONKA
ARSINOÉ: ESZTER CSÁKÁNYI
ORONTE: PÉTER SCHERER
ÉLIANTE: GERGELY BÁNKI
CLITANDRE: LÁSZLÓ KATONA
ACASTE: ATTILA TÓTH

SCENOGRAPHY: MÁRTON ÁGH
COSTUMES: FRUZSINA NAGY
COSTUME ASSISTANT: JULCSI KISS
LIGHT DESIGN: TAMÁS BÁNYAI
DRAMATURGY: BARBARA ARI-NAGY
MUSICAL ARRANGEMENT: KRISTÓF DARVAS
MAKE-UP: ZSUZSA RUDOLF
ASSISTANT TO the DIRECTOR: PÉTER TÓTH
PRODUCTION MANAGER: BALÁZS ERŐS
DIRECTED BY ÁRPÁD SCHILLING

Première: 12 March 2004.

The plot is structured around a moral dilemma. A strange, blunt man, a misanthrope is waging an antiquated war on the world. A love, with its irrationality, upsets a carefully constructed inner system. The collision of two opposing views of the world, ridiculous failure, a retreat into nothing. A 350-year old play, in rhyme. This is Molière's comedy, the Misanthrope. This is what we intend to put on stage, in a wide and loose world, where we too, are looking for consistence, responsibility and stable values. And as everything has a face and an underbelly, we have placed the plot in an idiosyncratic environment, where the moral and human dilemmas raised by the piece are given new shades of gray: a homosexual community. The appearance of alternative sexuality in the piece is not a deliberate provocation, it is simply a point of departure, which gives us a wider horizon. A Misanthrope with homosexual characters will, we hope, force the spectator to go beyond everyday morality and try to grasp the moral dilemmas raised in themselves, that is, to see their universal implications. We want to speak bluntly on the phenomena of hypocrisy, betrayal and cheating. This is why we add more tension to Molière's situation, and to the struggle of the hero and Alceste between irrational love and their solid, rational moral systems. This collision of absolutes is at the same time deadly serious and ridiculous. The piece is performed on the basis of Hungarian poet György Petri's (1943-2000) excellent modern adaptation. The performance is not recommended to under-16s!