The Hungarian premier of the play ‘The Hardest Word’ by the British writer
and storyteller took place at Roma Heroes Festival. The story is about a
Scottish woman who gets it into her head to force the first minister to
apologise for the centuries-long discrimination of Scottish travellers. His
other play, ‘The Management Reserves the
Right’ focuses on the everyday practice of Scottish barmen not letting
Traveller guests enter the pub. The heroes of his plays, just as Richard
himself, turn to other people as equal partners with smiling firmness – no matter
whether the other is the first minister or the barman. Richard believes that – even in hard times – it is indispensable to keep our sense of humour and respect
each other: that is how we can get on. Books and writing have outstanding
importance in Roma and Gypsy communities: the world will get to know our point
of view, our children will find plays or even tales portraying their own
culture only if we start writing our stories, only if we collect them and present
them both to the next generation and to the world.
The interview series was made with the help of the students of CEU: Ignácz
Judit, Sadie Luetmer és Mayya Kelova, Frederik Ørskov; and the professional supervision
of Jeremy Braverman. The videos were edited by Márton Illés and Dénes Fellegi.
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