1975 » Hungary » Stage and costume design

MAĎARSKO

Scenarist of the exhibition: Iván Koós At the beginning of the seventies the Hungarian theatre and theatre directors, who are also professors and thus whose creative demands are represented in the work of their former students now working in the theatre, have to a greater extent become the focus of public attention. The tradition prevailing in the Hungarian theatre, which placed the actor into the center of all theatrical activity has changed and the role of the stage director has become more important: productions have become realizations of the director's and stage and costume designer s concept. In comparison to other European countries, Hungarian stage and costume designing began to develop at a later date and under difficult conditions. The prosperity of the period in question, however, elevated Hungarian stage designs to the level of contemporary art and helped to bring them into contact with developments in this area throughout the world. Stage and costume designers have exhibited their work in one-man shows oř in group exhibitions and thus their prestige both in the world of fine arts and the theatre has increased. The fact that the second most important city in the country, Miskolc, was able to organize a National Triennial of Stage and Costume Lesigning bears testimony to this fact. Hungarian stage and costume designers have also often participated in exhibitions abroad: they have received individual, as well as group prizes at the Yugoslav Triennial Sterijino Pozorje. Now Hungary is represented for the second time at the Prague Quadrennial. The Hungarian theatre life has become more intensive: foreign companies play in Hungary and Hungarian theatre companies all the more frequently play abroad. New Hungarian plays are produced in European theatres, often under the direction of Hungarian directors, with sets by Hungarian stage and costume designers. The enrichment of our work by these factors is clearly in evidence. Luring the preparatory work phase of cooperation between the director and the stage and costume designer, drawings analysing the lay-out of the stage, the function of maquettes, choice of materials and their acustics as well as optical properties, all have a very important role to play. In other words what the stage sets and costumes as such contribute is extremely important, even if the process of stage realization brings numerous new incentives. It is of course only natural that the means of implementation change, in view of the persons who use them and the task they are put to. In any case their presentation must demonstrate that we are dealing not only with the realization of stage and costume designs as such, of their form, the material of the costumes and the structure of the stage set etc., but with their immediate relationship to the spirit of the production as a whole.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Árpád Csányi

Additional information: Born in 1929 in Medgyesegyháza. Since 1968 he has been working as stage designer at the National Theatre in Budapest. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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Exhibiting works

• Gyula Illyés: (Brothers), Nemzeti Színhás 1972, Director: Endre Marton, Ilona Vadász,
  
  
  
• Friedrich Schiller: (Don Carlos), 1974
  
  
  
• Maróti: (The Night After the Last), Nemzeti Színház 1972, Director: Endre Marton,
  

  
  
  
• Ágnes Gyarmathy

Additional information: Born in 1941 in Budapest; a stage and costume designer. She made her debute as an actress at the National Theatre in Pécs. Later she studied stage and costume design in Poland. In 1966 she became a stage and costume designer at the National Theatre in Szeged, since 1968 she worked at the Csokonai Theatre in Debrecin. In the years 1971 - 78 she again worked at the Szeged Theatre. She is a laureate of the Munkácsy Prize. She also participated in the Prague Quadrennials 1971 and 1975.

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Exhibiting works

• M. Krleža: (Golgotha), Nemzeti Színház 1974, Director: Mátyás Giricz,
  

  
  
  
• Lajos Jánosa

Additional information: Born in 1931 in Budapest, a stage designer. In 1956 he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest where he studied under Mátyás Varga und Pál Miháltz. In the years 1957 - 1968 he worked as a stage designer in the Madách Theatre and then became the chief set designer at Hungarian Television. He regularly designes sets for a number of theatres in Budapest and for regional theatres. During the academie year 1958 - 59 he gave lectures at the Academy of Theatrical Arts and in the years 1958 - 65 he was a professor of stage design at the Academy of Applied Arts. He is the chairman of the stage design section of the Union of Hungarian Theatrical Artists and the author of a number of studies concerning the situation and artistic problems of stage designing. He is a laureate of the Jászai Prize. He participated in the Prague Quadrennials in 1971 and 1975.

Exhibiting works

• Maxim Gorkij: (The Petits Burgeois), Nemzeti Színház 1974, Director: Róbert Rógrádi,
  
  
  
• Williame Shakespeare: (Henry IV), Madách Színház 1972
  
  
  
• Márta Jánoskuti

Additional information: Born in 1942 in Budapest, a costume designer. She studied under Judit Schäffer and in 1966 graduated from the Academy of Applied Art. She made her artistic debut at the Szigligeti Theatre at Szolnok and since 1970 she is the costume designer of the Comedy Theatre in Budapest. She also collaborates with other theatres, film and television. She participated in the Prague Quadrennials in 1971 and 1975,

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Exhibiting works

• Federico García Lorca: (Rosita the Single), Vigszínház 1971, Director: Deszö Kapás,
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• István Eörsi: (The Statesman and his Shadows), Vigszináz 1973
  
  
  
• Ilona Keserü

Additional information: Born in 1933 at Pécs. Stage designer. Studied at the Secondary School of Fine Arts and at the Academy of Plastic and Graphic Arts (special line for frescos). She completed her studies in 1958. She obtained an Italian State Scholarship for a stay in Rome in the years 1962 and 1963. She has taken part in numerous collective as well as individual exhibitions in Hungary and abroad. At present she acts as scenic designer of the National Theatre in Budapest.

Exhibiting works

• H. von Kleist: (Kathleen from Heilbronn), Katona József Színház 1974, Director: István Szöke,
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• : (The Death of Tarelkin), Huszonötödik Színház 1975
• István Köpeczi Bócz (István Köpeczi Bócz)

Additional information: Born in 1919 in Budapest, stage and costume designer. He graduated from the School of Decorative Arts in Budapest and from the Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied under Vilmos Aba Kovák, István Szonyi, Aurél Bernáth, Nándor Lajos Varga and Jeno Elekffy. At the same time he studied the history of art. After World War II he became professor at the Academy of Decorative Arts, later at the Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1949 he has been designing stage sets and costumes for the theatre and for films. Since 1956 he is the stage and costume designer at the Madách Theatre. He is also the author of theatre posters and book illustrations. He has held numerous exhibitions, the last at the Madách Theatre in 1969. He is a laureate of the Jászai Prize. His most important costume and stage designs were done for Schiller's Don Carlos at the Petöfi Theatre in 1956, the stage sets and costumes for Moliere's The Roqueries of Scapin and The Learned Ladies at the Studio of the Madách Theatre in 1959, the settings and costumes for Endre Illés' The Hourglass at the same theatre in 1961, the stage sets for B.Brecht's Shweik in the Second World War at the Madách Theatre in 1962, the costumes for Shakespeare's As You Like It in 1964 and Winter's Tale in 1965, the sets and costumes for Antal Szerd's Ex at the Studio of the Madách Theatre in 1965, the sets for Dürrenmatt's Romulus the Great at the Madách Theatre in 1967, the sets for G.B. Shaw's Too True to Be Good at the same theatre in 1965, the sets for P. Schaffer's Black Comedy at the same theatre in 1968, the stage sets and costumes for Rimski-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel at the Erkel Theatre in 1968, the costumes for Shakespeare's Richard III at the Madách Theatre in 1969, the stage sets and costumes for Mészoly's Checkmate according to Scribe's The Glass of Water at the same theatre in 1970.

Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: (Henry IV), Madách színház 1972
  

  
  
  
• Judit Schäffer

Additional information: Born in 1931 in Budapest; a costume designer. After graduating from the faculty of costume design of the Academy of Applied Art, where she studied under Tereza Nagyajtay, she worked first in the People's Army Theatre. In 1956 she became the costume designer of Jozsef Attila Theatre and in 1965 she became a member of the National Theatre in Budapest. She also works for films and Hungarian Television. For several years she was a professor at the Academy of Applied Arts and played a significant role in the founding of a new Hungarian school of costume design. She is a Jázsai Prize laureate and later received the title Artist of Merit. She has been very successful in a number of exhibitions both in Hungary and abroad, for instance at the last Prague Quadrennial in 1975 she received a Silver Medal.

Exhibiting works

• F. de Rojas, M. Achard: (Celestine), Katona József Színház 1973, Director: István Iglódi,
  

  

  

  
  
  
• L. Maróti: (The Night After the Last), Nemzeti Színház 1972, Director: Endre Marton,
  

  

  
  
  
• Moliere: (The Affected Ladies), Nemzeti Színház 1972, Director: Tamás Major,
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• Gábor Szinte

Additional information: Born in 1928 in Budapest, stage designer and painter. He graduated in 1951 from the Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied under Aurél Bernáth. He has also studied at the Academy in Florence, Italy. Since 1952 he has regularly exhibited his work. He is the author of the interior decorations of the new building of the National Theatre in Budapest. Since 1961 he has devoted himself to stage designing. He has designed sets for numerous regional, as well as Budapest theatres, above all for the Madách and the Gaiety Theatres. In 1966 he obtained a prize at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Lesign at Novi Sad in Yugoslavia, in 1969 he held an exhibition in Italy at Rome, Naples and Bari. He is a laureate of the Munkácsy prize. Among his most important designs are the stage sets for the productions of Man and Superman by G.B. Shaw at the Madách Theatre in 1963, J.P. Sartre's The Trojan Women according to Euripides, adapted by Gyula Illyés in 1966 and Gyula Krúdy's The Red Stagecoach at the Gaiety Theatre in 1968, István Eörsi's The Barrels at the Pest Theatre in 1968, Herman's and Stewart's Hello, Dolly! at the Operetta Theatre in Budapest in 1968, G.B. Shaw's You Can Never Tell in 1970 and Sophocles' Oedipus the King at the Madách Theatre in 1970, Tales of Canterbury by Coghill and Neville according to Chaucer at the J. Attila Theatre in 1970, A.P. Chekhov's Uncle Vanya at the Gaiety Theatre in 1970 and N. Machiavelli's Mandragora at the G. Csiky Theatre at Kaposvár in 1971.

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Exhibiting works

• S. Weörös: (Saint George and the Dragon), Csiky Gergely Színhíz 1972, Director: Gábor Zsámbéki,
  

  
  
  
• Nelly Vágó

* 1937, Budapest
Specialization: costume designer
Additional information: Sho graduated from tho Academy of Craft and Design majoring in costume design in 1962. She works as a costume designer at the National Theatre in Budapest. She participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971,1975, 1979,1983 and in 1987.

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Exhibiting works

• Williame Shakespeare: (Romeo and Juliet), open-air production in Szeged 1972, Director: László Vámos,
  

  
  
  
• Mariann Wieber

Additional information: Born in 1938 at Nové Zámky, costume designer. In 1962 she graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts, where she studied costume design under Judit Schäffer. Since graduation, she has worked for Hungarian television, but also for various regional theatres. Her most important costume designs include A. Salacrou's The World Is Round at the Gárdonyi Theatre in Eger in 1962, Don Carlos by F. Schiller in 1963, A.P. Chekhov's The Loves of Platonov in 1963, The Threepenny Opera by B. Brecht-K. Weill in 1963, F. Lehár's Count of Luxemburg at the National Theatre in Szeged in 1963, I. Madách's The Tragedy of Man at Lhe Szigligeti Theatre in Szolnok in 1964. Among her most important works for Hungarian television we should note J. Katona's Bank Bán in 1968, J.J. Tersánszky's Cuckoo Martin in 1968, I. Madách's The Tragedy of Man in 1970, F.Lehár's The Red Cat in 1971 and Louise by T. Mann in 1971. In spite of the fact that in recent years she has been working mainly for Hungarian television, she is considered to be one of the outstanding members of the new school of stage designing. Her costume designs are of a very high artistic level.

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Exhibiting works

• A. P. Čechov: (The Three Sisters), Vigszínház 1972, Director: István Horvai,
  

  

  

  
  
  
• M. Frisch: (Don Juan), Vigszínház 1973, Director: Deszö Kapás,
  

  

  
  
  
• Miklós FEHÉR

Additional information: Born in 1929 in Budapest. Since 1970 he has been working as stage designer at the Comedy Theatre (Vigszinház) in Budapest. He partici- pated in the PQ in 1975.

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Exhibiting works

• Moliere: (School for Wives), Vigszínház 1973, Director: László Marton,
  

  
  
  
• Antonio Buero Vallejo: (The Sleep of Reason), Vigszínház 1974
  
  
  
• Erszébet Malkowsky

Exhibiting works

• Carlo Goldoni: (The Coffee Shop), 0
  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• László Székely

Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Born in 1932 in Budapest. Since 1982 he has been working as stage designer at the József Katona Theatre in Budapest. He lectures at the Department of Stage and Costume Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

Exhibiting works

• : (George Dandin), Szigligeti Színház 1973
• L. Gyurkó: (Electra, My Love), Szigligeti Színház 1973, Director: Jenö Horváth,
  
  
  
• : (Antigone), Szigligeti Színház 1972
• A. P. Čechov: (Three Sisters), Szigligeti színház Szolnok 1974
  
  
  
• Károly Szakonyi: (Hong Kong Wig), Nemzetti színház Miskolc 1973