Sunday, December 31, 2017

What's Theatre Like In Right-Wing Hungary After A Cultural Crackdown?

Frankly, it's a bit more boring - and less dangerous in an overt sense, though it's certainly dangerous for some of the theatre-makers. "Independent-minded leaders of scores of theatres and other cultural organizations across the nation have been replaced by apparatchiks—including at the emblematic National Theatre, where popular actor-director Robert Alfoldi was sacked in 2013 after being outed as gay and decried for 'treason' and 'inciting and discrediting Hungarians.'"



Article source here:Arts Journal

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