Hungarian Contemporary Plays

An important task of the ITI Hungarian Centre is to provide information to the international public about contemporary Hungarian plays. This is why we decided to continuously update our collection of play synopses and playwright biographies. For some plays you can also read an excerpt of the piece. Due to copyright reasons, only a 15-page excerpt of dialogue is available, but we have the full translation of all of plays, where this option is present. Most of the translations were made possible on commission of ITI Hungarian Centre with support from NKA (the National Cultural Fund of Hungary). Since ITI Hungarian Centre is not a theatre agency, we can only offer our role as mediators between the playwrights or their agencies and those interested in a particular play or author.

The plays were selected by a five-member committee representing ITI Hungarian Centre and the Hungarian Theatre Dramaturgs Guild (Kinga Keszthelyi, Anna Lakos, Eszter Orbán, Brigitta Szokolai, Tamara Török).

We hope we can contribute to the international promotion of these classical-modern and new contemporary achievements in Hungarian playwriting this way. 

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Author

Original title/English title Genre No of acts No of male parts No of female parts Synopsis Excerpt of play
Garaczi, László Plazma/Plasma drama 1 3 2 yes  
Garaczi, László Veszteg/Lockdown drama 1 1 1 yes yes
Görgey, Gábor Komámasszony, hol a stukker/Jumping the Gun drama 2 5 - yes  
Hajdu, Szabolcs Ernelláék Farkaséknál/It's Not the Time of My Life drama 1 3 3 yes yes
Hamvai, Kornél Hóhérok hava/Headsman's Holiday comic play 2 14 6 yes  
Háy, János A Gézagyerek/Stone Watcher God drama 2 7 4 yes  
Háy, János A halottember/The Deadman drama 1 3 2 yes yes
Hubay, Miklós Egy szerelem három éjszakája/Three Nights of Love musical 2 11 3 yes  
Kárpáti, Péter Akárki/Everywoman drama 2 5 5 yes  
Kelemen, Kristóf Megfigyelők/Observers drama 1 5 2 yes yes
Kiss, Csaba Hazatérés Dániába/Return to Denmark tragedy 2 11 3 yes  
Kornis, Mihály Kádárné balladája/The Ballad of Mrs Kádár monodrama 1 - 1 yes  
Kovács, Dominik & Viktor Jégtorta/Ice Cake drama 1 4 2 yes yes
Lőrinczy, Attila Haragossziget/Fury Island drama 1 1 1 yes yes
Nádass Péter Találkozás/Encounter tragedy without intermission 1 1 1 yes  
Németh, Ákos Müller táncosai/Müller's Dancers drama 2 5 5 yes  
O. Horváth, Sári Életigen/Life Positive drama 1 4 3 yes yes
Örkény, István Tóték/The Tót Family tragicomedy 2 7 3 yes  
Parti Nagy, Lajos  Ibusár/ Ibusár comedy operetta 2 11 4 yes  
Páskándi, Géza Vendégség/The Visit historical play 3 5 1 yes  
Pass, Andrea Eltűnő ingerek/Vanishing Senses drama 1 3 3 yes yes
Pintér, Béla Parasztopera/Peasant Opera opera paraphrase 2 5 4 yes  
Pintér, Béla Szutyok/Muck play 1 5 4 yes yes
Schwajda, György Himnusz/Anthem comedy 1 6 2 yes  
Spiró, György Az imposztor/The Impostor comedy 3 13 5 yes  
Sütő, András Csillag a máglyán/Star at the Stake drama 3 17 4 yes  
Szakonyi, Károly Adáshiba/Blank Screen play 2 5 3 yes  
Szálinger, Balázs Köztársaság/Republic drama 2 8 4 yes yes
Székely, Csaba Bányavirág/Mine Flowers tragicomedy 1 3 2 yes  
Székely, Csaba 10/10 drama 2 5 5 yes yes
Szilágyi, Eszter Anna Nyíregyháza utca/Nyíregyháza Street drama 1 - 4 yes yes
Tasnádi, István Finito/Finito tragicomedy 2 8 4 yes  
Térey, János A Nibelung-lakópark (III. Hagen, avagy a gyűlöletbeszéád)/The Nibelung Apartments (III - Hagen, or Hate Speech) Catasptrophy play 3 9 5 yes  
Visky, András Megöltem az anyámat/I Killed My Mother Identity play in seven scenes - - 2 yes  
Weöres, Sándor Octopus/Octopus tragicomedy 5 20 12 yes  
Zalán, Tibor Rettentő görög vitéz/Fearsome Greek Warrior children's play / also for puppets 2 8 2 yes yes
Závada, Pál-Mohácsi, István-Mohácsi, János Egy piaci nap/A Market Day drama - - - yes yes
Závada, Pál Magyar ünnep/Hungarian celebration play with music 2 5 3 yes