Theatre, Comedy

Jean-Luc Lagarce's comedy is a choral work for seventeen voices. The seventeen actors are almost constantly present on stage, and as with Chekhov, the real conflicts take place below the apparent uneventful surface. A misspoken word, a bitten half-sentence, a few clichés or cynical comments cause the erupting crisis, the banality of which is laughable and deplorable.

„When a snake (a rare phenomenon) devours itself is there a snake-size gap left in the world? And is there a power mighty enough to make a man devour his humanity to the last crumb? Is there or is there not? It’s quite a puzzle!” (István Örkény)

Óvakodjatok a farizeusok kovászától, vagyis a képmutatástól. Nincs semmi elrejtve, ami nyilvánosságra ne kerülne, s titok, ami ki ne tudódna. Amit sötétben mondtok, világos nappal hallják majd, és amit a zárt falak közt fülbe súgtok, azt a háztetőkről fogják hirdetni. - Lukács evangéliuma 12:1-3.