Agota Kristof
The Notebook
Photo: Gábor Dusa
Forte Company & Szkéné Theatre - Forte Társulat & Szkéné Színház (HU)
Running time 2 hours. No interval.
Première 15. 2. 2013, Szkéné Theatre
Director Csaba Horváth
Author of adaptation Erick Aufderheyde
Translator Mária Ignjatovic
Composer Csaba Ökrös
Costume designer Mari Benedek
Lighting designer Ferenc Payer
Production manager Judit Számel
Cast
Twin 1 Csaba Krisztik
Twin 2 Norbert Nagy
Grandma Máté Andrássy
Woman Katalin Simkó
Man József Kádas
Harelip Borbála Blaskó
The devastating war in Europe forces a mother to make her twins stay with their grandmother, the witch of many folk tales. The lonely, hungry and freezing children learn how to survive by themselves, and write their diaries in their notebook. They survive with hardened hearts and toughened bodies.
Agota Kristof was born in Hungary, but at the age of 21 she had to leave her country. She escaped to Neuchâtel in Switzerland with her family. She started studying French and began to write novels in that language. The Notebook, which has been translated into fifteen languages, is a tale with black humour, a coming-of-age story. A vision about a ruthless world, the terrors of war and the times that follow.
Photo: Gábor Dusa
Photo: Gábor Dusa
Photo: Gábor Dusa
