{"product_id":"plays-from-contemporary-hungary-difficult-women-and-resistant-dramatic-voices-9781350370722","title":"Plays from Contemporary Hungary Difficult Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique  collection of five contemporary plays from  21st-century Hungary, translated into English for the first time. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by some of Hungary's most highly prolific and commercially successful dramatic voices, these plays are being produced in their native Hungary by theatres that do not adhere to Viktor Orbán''s values and offer a counterpoint to the commercial Boulevard Theatre scene of Budapest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslator and theatre-maker Szilvi Naray champions these unheard voices through her performable and dramatically engaging translations. The plays are aimed at micro-budget productions and offer a special opportunity for students and small theatre companies alike to engage with these witty, politically irreverent plays, finally in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach of the selected playwrights has been in direct conflict with the Hungarian government and has been demonised by the state-controlled press. The five plays are thematically threaded together by their common use of s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: 'Difficult Women’ and Resistance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePlaywright’s Biographies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Plays\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e by György Spiró \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrime Location\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e by György Spiró\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e by János Háy \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dead Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e by János Háy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e by Krisztina Tóth \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407544164695,"sku":"9781350370722","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350370722.jpg?v=1730499729","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plays-from-contemporary-hungary-difficult-women-and-resistant-dramatic-voices-9781350370722","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}