Albert Camus

The True Ones

Directed by: Katona Imre

Age group: recommended to ages 14 to 111


Review:

The birth of new myths is taking place on the stage of history. These “summarizing” myths of the past century are still entwined with many lies and speculations. They often refer to the brief period between 1917 and 1989, framed by the sound of the canons aboard the Aurora, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
It is, however, exactly as justifiable to consider a long and arduous 20th century, one that might begin with the assassination of Russian czar Alexander II by early “terrorists” on March 31, 1881. This century of solitary, then organized terrorism was ever so impressively concluded by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2011, bringing increasingly worrisome future possibilities into consciousness. And we all are part of this future (and past).
No one really questions that the problem of terrorism is a serious and determining human experience of the 20th century. And we cannot deny that we are certainly not over it.
Camus’ play projects the problem of terrorism before us from a mythical distance. The characters are revolutionary socialists-- members of a group that was annihilated by the Bolsheviks at a later, monumental stage of this myth of violence.
Yet this is the scene of their genesis, of the almost innocent and heroic beginnings. It is the time when, beyond inspired conviction and self-sacrifice, the perspective of violence is gaining its outlines. Looking at the play from a historic and social angle, the subject of “The True Ones” is exactly that.
However, a more personal facet of this story is its being a heart-wrenching tale of love, which in turn places Camus’ work amongst the greatest stories of tragic love.
The young and inspired troupe of the Soltis Lajos Theatre shouldered the mission of bringing a powerful issue into contact with the audience, yet doing this through observing the wider context, the “big picture”. This undertaking creates the challenge of enacting extraordinary life situations and the difficulty of presenting the many extremes of passion and the human soul.

Cast:

Scenery: Marton Miklós, Katona Imre
Costume: Sz. Bertalan Edit és a társulat
Technician: Kovács László


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