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Bertolt Brecht

Mother Courage 16

National Theatre, Budapest, Hungary

Director: Theodoros Terzopoulos

In Hungarian, during MITEM with English subtitles

1 hours 45 minutes, without breaks.

Mother Courage

Nelli Szűcs

Priest

Ádám Schnell

Cook

József Varga

Death / Narrator

Roland Bordás

Eilif

Péter Herczegh

Schweizerkas

József Kovács S.

Yvette

Anita Polyák e.h.

Kattrin

Anna Gizella Kiss e.h.

Colonel, Sergeant, Peasant

László Tóth

Commander-in-Chief, Recruiter, Second Colonel

Martin Mészáros

Peasant Woman's Son, Ammunition Storer, Blindfolded

István Madácsi

Peasant woman

Ágota Szilágyi

Second peasant woman

Mari Nagy

Soldiers:

The students are acting students of the Rippl-Rónai Faculty of Arts of Szent István University.
Bognár Bence János, Ionescu Raul Gabriel, Jakab Tamás, Juhász Péter, Kerék Benjámin Dominik, Séra Dániel, Wettstein Márk

The end of the performance will feature a lament by Theodoros Terzopoulos.

Visual design: Theodros Terzopoulos
Composer, sound designer: Panayiotis Velianitis
Songs: Paul Dessau
Translator of songs: Ágnes Nemes Nagy

Musicians:
Eszter Vitus - piano, Máté Pirisi - clarinet,
Levente Kurucz / Gergő Kormányos - clarinet
Mátyás Standovár / Turboly Roland - drums

Music director: Eszter Vitus

Réka Szabó /

András Kozma

Prompter

Gabi Kónya

Stage manager

István Géczy

István Lencsés

Assistant director

Gábor Vida

Director

Theodoros Terzopoulos

Thanks to the VERITAS Historical Research Institute and Archives for the 56' portraits used in the presentation.

Main Stage

Theodoros Terzopoulos

Theodoros Terzopoulos was born in Makrygialos village. He founded Attis Theatre Company in Delphi in 1985.

He has directed ancient tragedies, opera and the most leading modern plays in Greece and in famous theatres worldwide. Over 37 years he has presented more than 2200 performances worldwide. His approach to the classic Greek tragedy is part of the curriculum in Theatre Academies and Departments of Classical Studies. He leads many workshops, lectures about his method, and is an Emeritus professor in Academies and Universities. Since 2013 he has held the annual international summer workshop “The Return of Dionysus - The Method of Theodoros Terzopoulos” for young artists. He has received many international Theatre Awards. Books on his acting method and Attis Theatre, including The Return of Dionysus in which he explains his method, have been published in many languages.

He has been artistic director of theatre institutions, such as:
Director of the Drama School of the State Theatre of Northern Greece (1981-1983), Artistic Director of the International Meetings on Ancient Drama in Delphi (1985 – 1988, 1995 – 2004), Founding member of the International Institute of Mediterranean Theatre (since 1990), Founder and Chairman of the International Committee of Theatre Olympics (since 1995), Founder and Artistic Director of the International Meetings of Ancient Drama in Sikyon Municipality (since 2005).

Photo: Johanna Weber

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