The first part of Faust is about a middle-aged teacher’s mental exhaustion and disillusionment.
The lonely man gets tired of the struggle to acquire universal knowledge, and he seduces Margaret
instead, with whom he falls in love in his own way. Faust is an immoral rogue. The second part takes
the audience through the cloudy dream-world of an aging intellectual in which all the nymphs and
centaurs of the antique world appear. A cheerful, hedonist round dance swirls, then Helene, the
muse of Faust appears with whom he moves in together, they have a child, the child dies later on
and they separate. In the end, Faust dies as well with nothing remaining after him, except for a few
witty quotes.
Cast and Creative
Faust: Gábor Máté
Mephistopheles: János Kulka
Margaret: Blanka Mészáros
Helen: Erika Bodnár
János Bán • István Dankó • Zsolt Dér • Andrea Fullajtár • Péter Haumann • Tamás Keresztes • Lili Monori • Ervin Nagy • Réka Pelsőczy • Miklós Székely B. • Bence Tasnádi • Anita Tóth
Female choir and boy choir
Choir leader: Zsóka Incze
Set and costume design: Márton Ágh • Light design: József Pető • Composer: Marcell Dargay
Dramaturg: Bence Bíró • Assistant to director: György Tiwald
Directed by Árpád Schilling
This performance is not recommended for children under the age of 14.
We would like to kindly remind our viewers that both Faust I and Faust II are complete performances
in themselves. However, for the sake of a richer experience and a deeper understanding of the
play, we recommend you to watch both parts in order.
The detailed cast description can be found in the programme and on the webpage of Katona József
Theatre.
Box office and information:
Budapest, District V., Petőfi Sándor u. 6. (near Ferenciek tere)
Web: www.katonajozsefszinhaz.hu/english
E-mail: szervezes@katonaszinhaz.hu
Phone: +36 1 317-4061
Production partners: