Geza Staud

* Mocsonok, April 17, 1906 – † Budapest, April 4, 1988 / theatre historian ; ; He completed his university studies in Budapest and Paris. He earned a diploma from Sándor Hevesi's directing course, edited the journal A Színpad, and was the dramaturg of the Madách Theatre between 1941 and 1944. He edited the weekly Színház between 1945 and 1948, and taught literature and theatre law at the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts from 1946 to 1950. From 1954 until his retirement, he was a senior associate of the National Theatre History Museum and the Theatre Studies Institute and the editor of the Gondolat Publishing House, and from 1972 until his death, he was the supervisor of the Opera House's memorial archive and memorial collection. Géza Staud is an outstanding figure in literary studies and theatre history. His research into the history of theatre has significantly contributed to the understanding of the past of Hungarian theatre, he has conducted large-scale source studies, and he has begun to explore the Jesuit school plays of 18th century Hungary. In addition to his extremely rich literary activity, he has published numerous theatre criticisms and articles on current theatre in magazines and newspapers. His only work of fiction is his autobiographical novel From Pest to Buda. He has published 70 works, 40 of which are independent works, and 30 as an editor or co-author. He has edited the theatre studies of András Fáy (Gálszécs), the letters of Déryné, the diary of László Kelemen, the collection of letters to Gizi of Bavaria, and the dramaturgical studies of Sándor Hevesi. He was the editor-in-chief of the Theatre Mini-Lexicon (1969). ; ; His main works: ; Orientalism in Hungarian Romanticism, 1931; Dramaturgical Sketches, 1940; Basic Questions in Theatre Studies, 1940; Aristotle's Dramaturgy, 1941; Sources of Hungarian Theatre History I–III., 1962; Theatre and Audience, 1963; Hungarian Castle Theatres I–III., 1964; Secrets of Directing, 1967; Between the Stages, 1967; Bibliography of Hungarian Theatre History I–II., 1975; Adelstheater in Ungarn, 1977; Les décors du théatre des jésuites à Sopron, 1977; School Plays in Hungary, 1981.