Revue in Twentieth-Century Budapest - From Cosmopolitan Night-Clubs to Stalinist Dogma

This Element discusses Budapest from the 1920s until 1968. The field of entertainment began to be considered a cultural product that had to adhere to new political requirements. By 1968, the revue's cultural relevance had become almost insignificant with the appearance of new genres of entertainment.

List of contents

1. Sources, methods, contexts; 2. From local importance to international fame: 'Budapest Broadway', 1920-1944; 3. Revues in crisis; 4. The socialist revue experiments; 5. Changes in set and costume design: the politics of visual representation; 6. The recuperation and stabilisation of revues in socialist Hungary after 1953; 7. Epilogue: the legacy of the Stalinist-era revue in Hungary; References.

Product details

• Authors: D?niel Moln?r, Dániel Molnár
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009298193
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0929819-3
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Musical Theatre
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Budapest, MUSIC / General, 20th Century, Musicals, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Other performing arts, Hungary, Social groups: clubs & societies, Music of film and stage, Social groups: clubs and societies