Shadow Bearers

Synopsis

After losing her parents, a girl demands an answer from the powers behind creation. A faceless Shadow leads her beyond earthly perception to a cosmic gathering. Questions of grief, freedom and responsibility connect the human voice with gods and creators. The source unfolds through numbered songs and staged visions.

Possible stage form

Mythological drama; a staged reading or a production using light, sound and ensemble voices are development options. No premiere or cast is claimed.

Original passage

In the cemetery. A girl weeps over her parents’ grave, unaware that someone in the apparently deserted cemetery is watching her grief.

Existence is emptiness… futility.
Life is only an illusion, worth nothing.
I feel the invisible world calling,
calling to me without a sound,
but now I do not care,
for pain rules my soul.

Working English translation of the Hungarian manuscript, First Song, page 1.

Professional enquiries

Development manuscripts are available for discussion with theatres, directors and producers. Performance, translation and adaptation rights require project-specific agreement.