Molnár Klára et al. (szerk.): Színházi Évkönyv 2009/2010-es színi évadra (Budapest, 2011)
Bevezető
INTRODUCTION that this will not be the last message we are sending to the future, in one or another form, in order to help understanding the past. The structure of the Yearbook did not change considerably. First we listed the contact data of theatres, receiving venues and theatre companies: the official data is followed by the capacity of the auditorium, the characteristic ticket prices of the season and finally the ID numbers of the new performances and of the ones kept on schedule. In case of the premieres we also mentioned the number of performances in the season, while next to repertory shows you find the number of shows played this season compared to the total number of evenings. The data is being collected from various sources and in most cases the theatres themselves double-check the accuracy of the information. The occasional lack of data about the number of performances, auditorium capacity or ticket price is due to the fact that not all theatres find it equally important to publish these figures. When accounts are ambiguous or deficient we found it better to omit the given data. The premieres of the season are listed in an alphabetical order. Summer shows, which often cannot be labelled as open-air performances in the traditional sense, are listed among the others. There is also no special chapter for the productions of minority theatres within Hungary and Hungarian minority theatres abroad. Giving a clear-cut genre specification to a given performance is an increasingly difficult task, however, opera, children’s and dance theatre performances, specifically due to their considerable difference in genre, are still featured in different lists. The third part of the Yearbook focuses on the most important events of the season, followed by a theatre bibliography. The latter lists the books on theatre and plays published in 2009. There are several indexes at the end of the book to help your orientation. Next to the name of a given artist in regular print you will find the ID number referring to the performance catalogue record, while in italics the other page numbers where the artist's name is to be found. The title index refers to the Hungarian and original titles by listing the page number. We would feel honoured if our readers reminded us of the inaccuracies and lacks inevitably present in our volume. Our databases are corrected and complemented based on reliable sources. We also welcome every remark concerning the questions raised in the first paragraph of this introduction. The Editors 10
