Gábor Presser and Dusán Stevanovity wrote A padlás during the summer of 1986 in their retreat house in Zsennye.

[2] The director's concept focused not on spectacle (which is common in this genre), but instead on poetic intimacy, human portrayals and the mixture of the fairy world and the reality.

[2] At the very beginning Péter Müller also worked with the other authors, but later he seceded and started his own fairy musical at Madách Theatre.

Sztevanovity sued Müller for "unauthorised reuse of his ideas and synopsis", which ended in an agreement out of court.

[3] A padlás became the most popular and most successful musical in the history of the Comedy Theatre with the greatest performance number.

[3] The play was also shown in other Hungarian cities, such as Eger, Kecskemét, Nyíregyháza, Szeged, Székesfehérvár, Veszprém, Esztergom, Szigetszentmiklós, Miskolc, Zalaegerszeg and Kassa.

[1] In 2008, when the musical was 20 years old, a jubilee performance was held with a new cast and a new booklet was published, in which Sztevonivity writes about the message of the musical:[2] Twenty years later I confess: with A padlás I just wanted to say, that T. Müllers – some of whom are always in our world – can destroy, lie and cheat as much as possible, but can never win.

Although it was painful to say goodbye my grandma, my father, their heritage – the feeling of togetherness is the source of everything good in my life.The musical and several of its songs became hits in Hungary, namely Szilvásgombóc [Plum Dumplings], Kell egy hely [There Must Be a Place][5] or Fényév távolság [Light Year Distance].

[3] The musical begins with the arrival of four ghosts (Kölyök [a boy], Meglökő [a deaf-mute executioner], Herceg [a prince], Lámpás [a dwarf]) to the attic.

Lámpás doubts if it is the place where Révész, the ferryman should arrive to bring them to the star of "eternal beauty", but Herceg is certain he is correct (Itt vagyunk [Nyitány]) [Here We Are (Overture)].

While Lámpás and Herceg are arguing, Meglökő notices Barrabás coming from the dormer door with a clock.

Témüller, the janitor comes to the attic to question the new antennae set up by Rádiós (Enyém a pálya) [It's My Field].

Rádiós successfully sets up a connection with the Révész with the help of Robinson (Rádióüzenetek) [Radio Messages].

Then Révész explains that he is a beginner ferryman who wanted to try being human so that he moved into the body of Barrabás.

He promises to leave his human form at dawn because that is when "the time comes" and they "start off" to the planet of "eternal beauty" (Örökre szépek II.)

When Detektív, Üteg and Témüller come the guests hide again but the gun of the gangster remains in the hand of Mamóka who admits doing everything.

Detektív want to arrest them but he doesn't manage because the ghosts help Mamóka, Süni and Rádiós (Varázskönyv [I. felv.

At the beginning of Act II, you can hear the announcement of the police: there is ten minutes moratorium left before they storm the attic.

Süni unsuccessfully tries to attract Rádiós's attention (Nem szólnak a csillagok) [Stars Are Silent].

Rádiós refuses the offer because of his work and dreams here on Earth (Fényév távolság) [Light Year Distance].

Süni, dressed as a clown, appears on the roof and keeps the police busy while reconnecting the antenna (Valaki hamisan énekel) [Someone Is Out of Tune].

Rádiós and Süni think that they are dead and they call Révész, however, Robinson tells them that the attic didn't explode, the defusing was successful.

Rádiós ([ˈraːdioːʃ]; Sparks), who is simply fantastic: cyberneticist, fired from the state office in 1986, because he tried to get in touch with alien planets and extraterrestrial beings without permission.

He learns several aspects of being human before the time comes, and starts his journey with the four ghosts back to "eternal beauty".

Kölyök ([ˈkøjøk]; Boy), naïve ghost, 530-year-old: when the king marched nude before his people, he was the one who had the bravery to mention it first.

Témüller ([ˈteːmyllɛr]), previously janitor, currently volunteer: he swore to prove that Rádiós and his company are hiding the criminal Barrabás and tries to use his connections to do so.

It helps to save the attic with its logic, it can recognise everybody immediately and provide detailed information about them from its database.

The importance of the attic is that the Révész arrives there to bring the ghosts to the past-planet of "eternal beauty", it is a port.

Here the late mortal enters the world of their most beautiful memories beyond the sunset, the lights and their dreams, the past comes to life, they meet with their late beloved, the lost objects get animated, the burnt candles burst into flames one more time and they dive into the timeless happiness.

All lyrics are written by Dusán Sztevanovity; all music is composed by Gábor PresserSongs Varázskönyv (I. felv.