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For a general history of the theatre, F. Hont ed., Magyar színháztörténet (1962), an ambitious work marred by too many preconceived ideas. Of the earlier monographs two works by J. Bayer are still essential: A magyar dráma története (1897), and A nemzeti játékszín története (1887). Also, there is my own short survey in French, wrongly attributed to the translator, Ladislas Gara, in Histoire des spectacles, ed. by G. Dumur (1965). A vivid account of theatrical life in Hungary in the 1840s was presented by Palgrave Simpson in ‘Letter IX’ of his anonymously published Letters from the Danube (1847).
The literature in Hungarian on Bánk Bán is extensive. The most important studies are by P. Gyulai (1860) in his Válogatott művei, vol. 2 (1956); by J. Arany in Prózai dolgozatok (1879), and J. Horváth (1926) in his Tanulmányok (1956). In English, J. Reményi’s article (Bulletin of the National Theatre Conference. 1949; reprinted in his Hungarian Writers and Literature, Rutgers U.P., 1964). F. Riedl also describes Bánk Bán in detail in his History of Hungarian Literature (1906).
Bánk Bán is widely available in various editions, including a recent collected works of J. Katona edited by A. Solt in 2 vols. (1959). I am not aware of any English translations. The opera by Ferenc Erkel, however, based on Katona’s work (1861) was performed in English to open the Collegiate Theatre of University College, London (on 20 February 1968, produced by Tom Hawkes of the Sadlers Wells Opera).
A modern selection from Szigligeti’s works, including most of the plays referred to in the text, is in Színművek, ed. by S. Z. Szalai (1960) with an introductory essay.
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