Chickenhead

Synopsis

It is a tragedy, set among low-lifes on the outskirts of Budapest. Dramatic Exchange describes it as "Widely considered to be the most important Hungarian play of the last 20 years". The odd title of the play refers in the first instance to the chicken heads that an old woman feeds to her cat. However, it can also be taken to refer more broadly to the obtuse behaviour of the main characters in the play. The play is an odd mixture of pathos and nihilism, written against the bleak background of Stalinist totalitarianism from which Hungary was emerging. As with much modern drama, there is no hero in the play. The only noble behaviour that one can find belongs to one of the characters in the past, when he was a child, but he is no longer as he was. The hint that what once existed might be achieved again is the only faint ray of hope in a very bleak view of the human condition.

Main Cast

Hilda Gobbi

Vénasszony

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Zoltán Papp

Tanár

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Erika Bodnár

Nő

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Vajda László

Apa

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Zoltán Varga

Srác

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Vilmos Vajdai

Haver

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Dénes Ujlaky

Törzs

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Károly Eperjes

Közeg

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	György Spiró
Directing	Director	Gábor Zsámbéki
Art	Production Design	Csörsz, Khell
Crew	Dramaturgy	Géza Fodor
Department	Role	Name

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