Zsuzsa Szebeni

Zsuzsa Szebeni

ZSUZSA SZEBENI (Kolozsvár, [Cluj], Romania, 1970) theatre historian. Obtained her university degree in Philosophy and Hungarian literature. She is in charge of Hungarian relations abroad at the Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute. Main titles from the author: Figure Studio Theatre (2000), Ildikó Kovács, Puppetry Director (2008). Exhibitions: Béla Büky oeuvre exhibition, Manyi Kiss travelling exhibition, Ildikó Kovács graphic artist’s exhibition, Rózsa Ignáz centenary exhibition.

BARTÓK AND BÁNFFY

Opposites and Complementaires In our January issue, we published the first part of Zsuzsa Szebeni’s essay on the stagecraft of Count Miklós Bánffy, novelist, draughtsman, politician, and Royal Commissioner of the Hungarian Opera during the First World War. That piece was called The Legend of the Palette of Miklós Bánffy,

THE LEGEND OF THE PALETTE OF MIKLÓS BÁNFFY

I have often been asked how and why I organized the travelling exhibition on the life and work of Miklós Bánffy. Depending on my mood at the time, I explained more or less rationally what had taken place and how. Then after awhile I too began to wonder, what had