| Annamária Radnai's adaptation of Maxin Gorky's Children of the Sun | |
| Pavel Protasov: | Gergely Kocsis |
| Lisa, his sister: | Anna Pálmai |
| Jelena, his wife: | Eszter Ónodi |
| Dmitry Vaghin: | Ernő Fekete |
| Boris Chepurnoy: | Ervin Nagy |
| Melaniya, his sister: | Adél Jordán |
| Antonovna, nurse: | Judit Csoma |
| Nazar Avdeyevich: | Gábor Máté |
| Misha, his son: | Bence Tasnádi |
| Yegor, locksmith: | Zoltán Bezerédi |
| Yakov Troshin: | András Ötvös |
| Roman, caretaker: | Ferenc Lengyel |
| Fima, maid: | Hanna Pálos |
| Adotya, Yegor's wife: | Eszter Kiss |
| Doctor: | |
| Lusha, maid: |
Piroska Mészáros / Anita Tóth |
| Musicians: | Márton Kovács / Tamás Szakál Árpád Némedi / Andor Kovács András Pagonyi / Vilmos Seres |
| Set designer: | Zsolt Khell |
| Costumes: | Györgyi Szakács |
| Music: | Márton Kovács |
| Dramaturg: | Annamária Radnai |
| Assistant director: | György Tiwald |
| Directed by: | Tamás Ascher |
Light-eaters are people who believe that, in contrast to others, they can be fed upon light. Creating a group of outcasts, they propagate the superiority of mental nutrition – but often to those who would rather eat bread. The heroes of this play are constantly being occupied with affairs of art and science, they are arguing about amending of the world and they want to make the whole mankind happy. In the meantime, struggling in their chaotic love affairs, they are not doing much good to people around them. Bizarre situations and a series of misunderstandings lead them to disillusionment.
Maxim Gorky wrote his so called intellectual trilogy (Summerfolk, Children of the Sun, Barbarians) between 1904 and 1906. The second piece of that trilogy is performed in a number of prestigious European theatres. Our theatre presents a revised version of the play.
Premiere: 15 February 2014
Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission.