LYÁNYOK, LYÁNYOK: LAKODALOM (GIRLS, GIRLS: WEDDING)

Analyzing the Relationship Between the Motifs of Weddings and Death as THey Appear in the Play Népi rablét (Folk Prisoners) by Béla Pintér

Abstract

The play Népi rablét (Folk prisoners) by Béla Pintér was first performed before an audience on December 19, 1998. The play has been missing from the repertoire of Béla Pintér and Company for over fifteen years, however the social commentary expressed in the work is perhaps even more pertinent today than it has ever been. The blurb of Folk Prisoners says that we will see three days of a rural wedding condensed into the play, but in reality the audience is presented with the social problems that become apparent during this countryside wedding feast. The celebration has become devoid of meaning, or rather due to consumer culture, traditions have become distorted, folklore misinterpreted and the audience gains insight into the destruction of homo festivus as it appears on stage.