{"product_id":"plays-from-contemporary-hungary-krisztina-tth-9781350370739","title":"Plays from Contemporary Hungary: 'Difficult Women' and Resistant Dramatic Voices: Prah, Prime Location, Sunday Lunch, the Dead Man, the Bat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique collection of five contemporary plays from 21st-century Hungary, translated into English for the first time. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by some of Hungary's most highly prolific and commercially successful dramatic voices, these plays are being produced in their native Hungary by theatres that do not adhere to Viktor Orb?n's values and offer a counterpoint to the commercial Boulevard Theatre scene of Budapest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslator and theatre-maker Szilvi Naray-Davey champions these unheard voices through her performable and dramatically engaging translations. The plays are aimed at micro-budget productions and offer a special opportunity for students and small theatre companies alike to engage with these witty, politically irreverent plays, finally in English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of the selected playwrights has been in direct conflict with the Hungarian government and has been demonised by the state-controlled press. The five plays are thematically threaded together by their common use of strong leading female protagonists with an overarching theme of the family unit. Through the edited introduction the themes and feminine translation strategy discusses how the plays offer a microcosmic lens for understanding the paradox that today's Hungary exemplifies, making this a necessary study into the world of contemporary Hungary through drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Krisztina T?th, Janos Hay, Gy?rgy Spir?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350370738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350370739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.62d","brand":"Krisztina T?th","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46311151993087,"sku":"9781350370739","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b4f8797-09e4-474b-85ac-34a00d32d6ad.jpg?v=1730888587","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plays-from-contemporary-hungary-krisztina-tth-9781350370739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}