List of Plays by Ferenc Molnár モルナールの劇一覧

Ferenc Molnár

(born Ferenc Neumann, 12 January 1878 – 1 April 1952, anglicized as Franz Molnar)

フェレンツ モルナールは、ハンガリーのブタペスト生まれの劇作家、小説家。新聞記者をしながらユーモラスな短編を発表していたが、戯曲「悪魔」の成功で劇壇に進出し、「リリオム」で好評を博した。さらに「白鳥」「オリンピア」は世界各国の劇壇で人気を博し、劇作家として名声を不動のものとした。しかし、ナチスの台頭でアメリカへ亡命し、戦後はニューヨークで亡くなった。執筆した小説も多く、なかでもブダペストの下町を舞台にした「パール街の少年たち」がもっともよく知られている。

Hungarian-born author, stage-director, dramatist, and poet, widely regarded as Hungary’s most celebrated and controversial playwright.

His primary aim through his writing was to entertain by transforming his personal experiences into literary works of art. His first great success came with the play The Devil (1907), but Liliom, The Swan, and The Red Mill were also successfully played abroad, especially in Austria, Germany, and the USA.

     Year of Writing or Publishing

Year	Hungarian	English	Japanese
1902	A doktor úr. Bohózat.	The Attorney at Law (1902), Farce.	弁護士先生
1904	Józsi és egyéb kis komédiák	Jozsi (1904) and Other Small Comedies	ヨージー
1907	Az ördög	The Devil: A Tragedy of the Heart and Conscience (in three acts, 1907) Produced at Garden Theatre, New York, in 1908, with 87 performances.	悪魔
1909	Liliom	Liliom: A Legend in Seven Scenes and a Prologue (Lily, 1909) Premiered at Vigszínház, Budapest, on Dec. 7, 1909. Produced at Garrick and Fulton Theatres in New York in 1921, with 300 performances. Later adapted into the musical Carousel and produced at Majestic Theatre, New York, in 1945-47, with 890 performances.	リリオム（1951徳永康元訳、1976飯島正訳）
1910	A testör	The Guardsman (comedy in three acts, 1910) Premiered at Vigszínház, Budapest, on Nov. 19, 1910. And produced at Lyceum Theatre, New York City, in 1913 under the title of Where Ignorance is Bliss, with 8 performances.	近衛兵1927鈴木善太郎訳
1912	A Farkas	The Tale of the Wolf (in three acts, 1912) Premiered at Magyar Színház, Budapest, on Nov. 9, 1912. And produced under the title of The Phantom Rival at Belasco Theatre, New York, in 1914-15, with 127 performances.	幻想の恋敵
1914	Uridivat	Attorney for Defence
1915			痴人の愛1925鈴木善太郎訳
1916	A fehér felhő	The White Cloud (1916)	白い雲1932鈴木善太郎訳
1916	Farsan	Carnival (in three acts, 1916) Staged at Cord Theatre, New York, in 1924-25, with 32 performances.	謝肉祭
1917	Úri divat	Fashions for Men (comedy in three acts, 1917) Premiered in Budapest in 1927 and produced at the National Theatre, New York, in 1922-23, with 86 performances.	男の流行1930鈴木善太郎訳
1920	A hattyú	The Swan (comedy in three acts, 1920) Premiered at Vigszínház, Budapest, in December, 1920. And produced at Cort Theatre, New York, in 1923, with 255 performances.	白鳥1924鈴木善太郎訳
1921	Az ibolya	The Violet (1921) Produced at Henry Miller's Theatre, New York, in 1930, with 40 performances.	菫
1921	Előjáték Lear királyhoz	Prelude to King Lear	キング・リーアの序曲
1921	Marsall,	Marsal (1921) Performed only once at Waldorf Theatre, New York, in 1930	元帥1932鈴木善太郎訳
1921	Színház	Playhouse (1921)
1923	Égi és földi szerelem	Heavenly and Earthly Love (in five acts, 1923). Produced under the title of Launzi, at Plymouth Theatre, New York, in 1923, with 13 performances.	天の愛と地の愛
1923	A vörös malom	The Red Mill (comedy in three acts, 1923) Premiered at Magyar Színház, Budapest, in 1922. And produced under the title of Mima at Belasco Theatre, New York, in 1928, with 180 performances.	赤い工場1923
1924	Játék a kastélyban	The Play at the Castle
1924	Az üvegcipő	The Glass Slippers (comedy, 1924) Produced at Guild Theatre, New York, in 1925, with 65 performances.	ガラスのスリッパ
1926	Játék a kastélyban	The Play's the Thing or Play in the Castle (comedy, 1926) Premiered at Magyar Szinház, Budapest, in 1926. And produced at Henry Miller's Theatre, New York, in 1926-27, with 326 performances.	芝居は誂向き1929鈴木善太郎訳、芝居は最高！1990 三田地里穂訳
1928	Olympia	Olympia (1928) Premiered at Magyar Színház, Budapest, in 1928, and produced at Empire Theatre, New York, in 1928, with 39 performances.	オリンピア1932鈴木善太郎訳
1929	Egy, kettő, három	One Two Three (1929) Produced at Henry Miller's Theatre, New York, in 1930, with 40 performances.
1930	A jó tündér	The Good Fairy (1930) Produced at Henry Miller's Theatre, New York, in 1931-31, with 151 performances.	お人よしの仙女1935飯島正訳
1931	Valaki	Someone (1931)
1932	Harmónia	Harmony (1932)
1934	Menyegzö	Wedding Day (1934)
1934	Az ismeretlen leány	The Girl of the Harbour (1934)
1935	Nagy szerelem	Great Love (1935)
1936	Csoda a hegyek közt	Miracle in the Mountains (1936) Produced by the author at Playhouse Theatre, New York, in 1947 with only 3 performances.
1937	Delila	Delila (1937)
1940		Delicate Story (in five scenes in1933, expanded to three acts in 1940) Produced in translation, at Henry Miller Theatre, New York, on Dec. 4, 1940.
1941		The King's Maid (1941)
1943	Authur	Authur
1949	Ponoptikum	Ponopticon (1949)

他に、モルナールの小品として、「午後七時」「開かれぬ手紙」「嘘」「馬車の中の男」「良人の正体」がある。また、昭和3年出版の『モルナアル戯曲集 開かれぬ手紙』には、「良人の正体」「暇乞ひ」「キツス」「幕」「馬車の中の男」「町と番地」「繭」「開かれぬ手紙」「神聖な不調な芸術」「早春」「思ひ出」が収録されている。すべて、鈴木善太郎によって訳されたものだが、それぞれが上記の作品のどれにあたるかはわからない。

Chronological Biography of Ferenc Molnár

1878 – On January 12, Molnár is born in Budapest.

1887-1895 – Molnár attends high school in Budapest.

1895-1896 – Molnár studies law in Budapest and Geneva, travels to Paris, begins working as a journalist, returns to Budapest and changes his name from Neumann to Molnár.

1898 – Molnár’s mother dies. He travels in Europe and publishes Magdolna, his first novel.

1901 – Molnár publishes his first novel The Hungry City.

1902 - The Lawyer, Molnár’s first play, opens in Budapest.

1906 – While working for the newspaper, Molnár marries his editor’s daughter, Margit Vészi.

1907 – Molnár’s first and only child, his daughter, is born. He publishes what would go on to be his most famous novel, The Paul Street Boys, and The Devil opens in Budapest.

1908 – Molnár’s father dies; The Devil is performed throughout Europe and in New York.

1909 – Liliom is produced in Budapest and is a failure; Molnár suffers a long illness.

1910 – Molnár divorces Margit Vészi; The Guardsman opens in Budapest

1911 – Molnár attempts suicide, recovers in Austria.

1912 – The Wolf opens in Budapest, and opens in New York two years later.

1914-1915 – Molnár serves as a war correspondent on the Galician front.

1916 – Molnár’s play The White Cloud wins the Hungarian Academy’s Voinits Prize. Molnár’s war diary and several volumes of essays are published, and Molnár is awarded the Franz Joseph Order.

1917 – The plays Carnival and Fashions for Men open.

1920 – The Swan opens.

1921 – Liliom opens in New York.

1922 – Heavenly and Earthly Love opens in Budapest, Fashions for Men opens in New York. Molnár marries the celebrated prima donna Sári Fedák.

1924 – The Glass Slipper opens; Molnár divorces Sári Fedák.

1926 – The Play’s The Thing opens in Budapest and New York; Molnár marries the actress Lili Darvas.

1927 – Molnár is awarded the Legion of Honor following The Swan’s Paris premiere. He takes his first trip to the United Stated on December 22nd, where he is received at the White House by President Coolidge.

1928 – Molnár’s Collected Works is published in twenty volumes in Budapest; Olympia opens.

1929 – The President opens, and a collection of Molnár’s plays is published in English.

1932 – Molnár meets Wanda Bartha; they travel in Europe. Harmony and Arthur open in Budapest, and Liliom and The Good Fairy are revived in New York.

1934-1936 – Molnár continues to travel in Europe with Wanda Bartha, while four new plays of his open in Budapest.

1937 – Delilah opens and Molnár leaves Budapest for the last time.

1940 – Molnár arrives in New York on his birthday: January 12. He moves in to the Plaza Hotel, where he resides until his death. His play Delicate Story opens in New York.

1943 – Molnár suffers a massive heart attack.

1947 – Molnár becomes an American citizen. Grieving the loss of her family to the Nazis, Wanda Bartha commits suicide.

1948 – Molnár refuses to return to Hungary for the celebration of his seventieth birthday. His health begins to fail.

1952 – Molnár dies of cancer in New York.

(based on Know-the-Show Audience Guide Compiled by the Education Department of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey)