https://shakespeare.edel.univ-poitiers.fr:443/shakespeare/index.php?id=857 The essay aims to introduce a mythical Hungarian Shakespeare production of the Kádár‑era, Tamás Major’s 1971 Romeo and Juliet direction at the National Theatre. The production came to be known as the « brutal » Romeo, since instead of emphasising the play’s romantic tones, it wished to place it within a contemporary political discussion, while insisting on a Brechtian/Wekwerthian alienated delivery. This direction is still often referenced as Major’s most successful Brechtian Shakespeare attempt, a question the paper will also touch upon. However, instead of arguing about the production’s place in Major’s oeuvre, which for a foreign reader may be of little interest, this essay rather hopes to open up the discussion and, in lieu of the 1971 Romeo and Juliet, raise the questions theatre historians have to ask when tackling a mythical production from a totalitarian era. Shakespeare en devenir N°9 — 2015 fr jeu., 23 avril 2015 09:01:16 +0200 sam., 28 déc. 2019 14:44:25 +0100 https://shakespeare.edel.univ-poitiers.fr:443/shakespeare/index.php?id=857 0