Mari Jászai
Mari Jászai (actually Maria Krippel) (born February 24, 1850 in Ászár , Komorn county , † October 5, 1926 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian actress .
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Born the daughter of a carpenter, she worked as a nanny at the age of 10, after which she became a servant in Vienna and Budapest . She was a canteen employee during the battle of Königgrätz . She disliked her actual name Krippel so much that she even removed it from her birth certificate because the German meaning of the word sounds like Krüppel. In the company of Gusztáv Hubay, she secretly disappeared at the age of 16 to Székesfehérvár and started working there as an extra. She played in Buda as early as 1867 and contracted to Kolozsvári Állami Magyar Színház in 1869 . She met her first husband Vidor Kassai (comedian) during her stay in Buda, from whom she separated after two years of marriage.
In 1872 she became a member of the Nemzeti Színház , to which she remained loyal until her death, only in 1900 she moved to the Vígszínház for only one year . In her first performance she played Gertrud in Bánk bán by József Katona . In 1893 she taught at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Budapest for a year. She was considered to be a devourer of men, but admitted that she was living through her connections in depth, but after her divorce she never married again.
Artistic qualities
She was a natural, and she deepened her knowledge with constant study. She shone especially in tragedies, played the female roles from Shakespeare such as Antigone, Jokaste, Elektra, Cleopatra, Queen Margit, Lady Macbeth, Volumnia, Goneril, Konstanse, the nurse's wife and Capulet she had portrayed with outstanding talent - she played her last role in Richard III as Gloster's widow. She told the poems of Sándor Petőfi with passion and skill, among other things in the evening performances for the workers. She also translated Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkmann , who was performed by the Nemzeti Színház (Theater in Budapest). Jászai played in at least 300 roles. Her diaries were published after her death in 1926, and her notes are valuable for future generations from a theater history perspective.
memories
Numerous areas bear her name, including the 5th district of Budapest, parts of the 8th district and the theater in Tatabánya . A crater has even been named after her on the planet Venus and the Mari Jászai Prize guards memories of her too.
Most famous representations
- Tükröm (Budapest) 1909
- Színész és közönség 1918
From her
- Jászai Mari emlékiratai. Sajtó alá rendezte: Lehel István. Rajzokkal ellátta: Haranghy Jenő. Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest 1926 (reprint. Babits Kiadó, Szekszárd 2003, ISBN 963-9272-92-2 ).
- Írásai. Emlékezések, Napló, Tanulmányok. Válogatta és a bevezető tanulmányt írta Debreczeni Ferenc. Müvelt Nép, Budapest 1955.
- Tükör-játék. Válogatott írások, levelek (= Magyar Thália. Vol. 2). Szerkesztette Balatoni Monika. Kairosz, Budapest 2002, ISBN 963-9406-63-5 .
literature
- Jászai Marie. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 86. (PDF; 189 kB)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jászai, Mari |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krippel, Maria (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ászár |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1926 |
| Place of death | Budapest |