On Saturday evening, the premiere of the Vörösmarty Theater’s performance The Sons of a Stone Heart, directed by János Szikora. Based on the novel by Mór Jókai, the play was adapted for the stage by playwright Bea Selmeczi together with the director. The audience can see the story in the framework of a large-scale, spectacular, costume production in Székesfehérvár.
“The earth should not rotate, but stand still”– says Baradlay Kazimir before his death in the days before the war of independence. But after the revolution, the world changes, and Baradlayné goes against her husband’s will to put her sons in the service of defending the Hungarian homeland. Mór Jókai’s novel still raises current issues, which the new play written from the novel further considers. Patriotism or self-interest?
Presentation at the Vörösmarty Theater – Sons of a Stone-Hearted Man
Director János Szikora said about the performance that the story is about the social division of Hungary in the 19th century. century. The show presents the torn state of the country through the story of the Baradlay family and the characters surrounding them. All this in the storms of the People’s Spring, showing the outbreak of the revolution in Vienna and then in Pest and the conflicts of the freedom struggle.
According to the director of the theater, in the difficult times following these events, the hope for the future is those young men who, despite the difficult circumstances, hold hands and look ahead and can reunite this country.
The title characters are played by Imre Krisztián, Tamás Kovács and Raul Ionescu – respectively Ödön Baradlay, Richárd and Jenő. In other main roles: Mária Varga as Baradlayné; Zsolt Sarádi in the role of Bence Ridegváry; Krisztik Csaba Tallérossy can be seen as Zebulon; Mihály Szalmási and his wife Szalmásine are played by Sándor Tűzkő and Bianka Ballér; Noémi Závodszky and Sára Mosolygó portray the characters of Baroness Plankenhorst, Antoinette and Alfonsine, on stage; We can see Aida Diána Fehér in the role of Edit Liedenwall; Aranka Lánghy is played by Angéla Farkas; Kuna Károly Salamon can be seen as a bailiff; Péter Trokán plays the role of General Haynau. Seen in other roles: Illés Juhász, István Kelemen, János Keller, Tamás Ács, Tamás Góg, Gergely Horváth, János Derzsi, Bence Miklós Szabó, Tamás Rovó, Miklós Szabó, Imre Magony, Simon Kimberli, Luca Radics, Levente Barna, Katalin Adams, Gábor Major, Panka Bóna, Irén Végh-Szirmai, Mariann Németh.
The presentation was created with the support of the Ministry of Human Resources.