KATONA CINEMA: PLATONOV

A real treat for theatre lovers: every day from 21.30 one of the annual guest of honour of the Cauldron, the Katona József Theatre’s performances are screened under the stars.

CHEKHOV: PLATONOV
Translated by JÁNOS ELBERT

ANNA PETROVNA VOYNITZEVA, young widow to General Voynitzev
JULI BÁSTI

SERGEI PAVLOVICH VOYNITZEV, son by General Voynitzev’s first wife
PÉTER BLASKÓ

SOFYA YEGOROVNA, wife to Sergei
DOROTTYA UDVAROS, then ANDREA SÖPTEI

PORFIRI SEMYONOVICH GLAGOLYEV, neighbour, landowner
LÁSZLÓ VAJDA

KIRIL PORFIRIVICH GLAGOLYEV, his son
ZOLTÁN TERNYÁK, then CSABA DEBRECZENY

GERASIM KUSMICH PETRIN, wealthy merchant
VILMOS KUN

MARIA YEFIMOVNA GREKOVA, chemistry student
ÁGNES BERTALAN c.s.

NIKOLAI TRILETSKY, doctor, son of Colonel Ivan Triletsky
GÁBOR MÁTÉ

MIKHAIL VASILIEVICH PLATONOV, school teacher
GÉZA BALKAY

ALEKSANDRA IVANOVNA (SASHA), wife to Platonov, daughter of colonel Ivan Triletsky
ÁGI SZIRTES

OSIP, horse thief
ZOLTÁN VARGA, then TIBOR GAZDAG

MARKO, messenger for the Regional Magistrate
LÁSZLÓ SZACSVAY

VASILI, servant to the Voynitzevs
FRIGYES HOLLÓSI

YAKOV, servant to the Voynitzevs
JÓZSEF HORVÁTH

KATYA, servant to the Voynitzevs
ANDREA SÖPTEI c.s.

SET DESIGN: CSABA ANTAL
COSTUMES: NELLY VÁGÓ i.g.
DRAMATURG: GÉZA FODOR
DIRECTOR: TAMÁS ASCHER

Premiere in Paris: 21st May, 1990
Premiere in Katona: 2nd June, 1990
Last performance: 9th June, 1995
Total shows: 100

The performance toured in Paris, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Bucharest.