Athalie

Athalie, Racine’s final play, was written after a long silence and differs significantly from his earlier work. In Athalie, the people rise up and assassinate the queen and her followers. The strength of the language lies in its simplicity; the vocabulary is not rich, but it is precise. The drama is written in rhyming alexandrine couples. The work has not appeared on the Hungarian stage since 1949. Balázs Szálinger prepared a new translation for this production.

JOAS, King of Juda, Okozias's son

Bence Mátyássy

ATHALIE, Jorams widow, Joas's grandmother

Piroska Molnár

JOAD, or High Priest Jojada

János Kulka

JOSABET, Joass aunt, the high priest's wife

Dorottya Udvaros

ZACHARIE, Joad and Jozabet's son

Ádám Földi

SHALOMIT, Zacharies's sister

Kátya Tompos