Liliomfi

comedy

On the 111^th anniversary of the Szigligeti Theatre’s opening we première a comedy by the playwright our theatre is named after and which has remained his most popular work up to this day. It is believed that the playwright, who was born in Oradea, wrote this play in only two afternoons in 1849. Therefore Liliomfi is often regarded as a “creation of a mind under siege”. According to the genre, the plot of the comedy is complicated: Professor Szilvai wants to wed his nephew, living under his guardianship, with his ward Mariska, whom he raised in secret. The boy without the professor’s knowledge becomes an actor under the name of Liliomfi and in the role of the “starving artist” wins Mariska’s heart. The widowed professor is against the marriage, he wants to protect her from exactly the one, to whom he wants to marry her off. In the meantime Liliomfi thinks that his uncle wants to marry his beloved. There is no other choice except elopement. The loyal fellow actor Szellemfi helps to put the plan in action and to enhance the conflicts.

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Premier: 2011.10.15