Out of Order

RAY COONEY: OUT OF ORDER
play
Bánfalvy Studio 2024

Translated by: Tamás Ungvári
Dramaturg: Albert Benedek

The play won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play in England in 1992.

Richard Willey, a successful young government minister, is preparing for a romantic rendezvous with the secretary of the opposition faction (Jane) in a posh hotel. However, the evening does not get off to the best start, as upon entering the room, they immediately find a "corpse" in the window. Richard finally calls his parliamentary secretary, George Pidgen, so now there are three of them trying to resolve this unusual situation. It is not an easy task, as the hotel manager and head waiter always interrupt them at the worst possible moment, while Richard's wife, George's mother's nurse, and her young lover's jealous husband only complicate the already awkward situation. What's more, the night still has surprises in store!

Cast
Richard Willey
(a charismatic, successful young minister) – ÁDÁM GOMBÁS
The manager
(the hotel's tough-minded director) – IMRE HARMATH/GYULA MESTERHÁZY
The head waiter
(a loyal and cunning, old servant) – GÁBOR URMAI / MIKLÓS HEGEDÜS
Jane Worthington
(an attractive but flighty young lady) – ZSÓFIA KONDÁKOR 
The Corpse
(a middle-aged man with no distinguishing features) – GÁBOR PINTÉR / ÁDÁM GOMBÁS
George Pigden
(an honest man, though rather nervous) – FERENC HUJBER
Ronnie
(an angry young man) – GANXSTA ZOLEE
Pamela
(a refined, attractive woman in her fifties) – ANNA BUGÁR / RÉKA LÉDA MEZEI

Nurse
(a commanding but attractive woman in her forties) – TIMEA STELCZER

Creators
Director: Csaba Horváth
Producer: HCS, Oliver W. Horvath
Choreographer: Gyula Antal Horvath
Set and costume designer: Gabriella Győri