Theatre and Ideology

Staging The Merchant of Venice at the Hungarian National Theatre in 1940 and 1986

in European Judaism
Author:
Zoltán Imre Eötvös University

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3167/ej.2018.510228
Keywords:
Hungary; ideology; Jews; National Theatre; Shakespeare; theatre
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Abstract

The article deals with the 1940 and the 1986 stagings of The Merchant of Venice in Hungary and with the forty-six-year gap between them. Comparing these events, the article draws attention to the ways in which the dominant ideology of these entirely different regimes influenced the interpretation of Shakespeare’s play and its staging.

Contributor Notes

Zoltán Imre (PhD, Queen Mary College, University of London) is a Reader in the Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, Eötvös University, Budapest.

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Article Category:
Research Article
Page Count:
10
Keywords:
Hungary; ideology; Jews; National Theatre; Shakespeare; theatre
Print Publication Date:
01 Sep 2018
Online Publication Date:
01 Sep 2018
Copyright:
© Leo Baeck College 2018
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