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| János Háy |
A rehearsed reading of the play - translated by students of Hungarian at Tartu University under the supervision of the Hungarian editor Viktória Tóth - was performed on the studio stage of the Estonian Drama Theatre last May. Háy was present at the reading.
Gézagyerek (literally Géza the Kid) was written in 2000. It tells the story of Géza, an autistic twenty-five-year-old who lives with his mother in a small village. Géza is nearly destroyed by the good intentions of his friends who fail to understand the rules of his special and closed world. Háy's play, in part influenced by Beckett, is written in a simple, ballad-like style, with fresh language and sharp humour.
Háy is an award-winning poet, short-story writer and novelist who became a playwright only a few years ago.
Photo: Máté Nándorfi
