Leányvásár

It starred Zita Szeleczky as Gergely Lucy, János Sárdy as Dr. Haday Péter, and Manyi Kiss as Biri, and was directed by Félix Podmaniczky.

It was first performed on February 27, 1914, at the Királyszinház (King's Theatre) in Budapest starring Sári Fedák in the title role, it rapidly made its way around Europe.

[1] At the Grand Hotel Szibill (or "Sybil") Renaud is a young French singer recently arrived in Bomsk (Tomsk), a provincial, Russian town.

She encounters the army Lieutenant Paul Petrov, a guards officer who fell in love with her in St Petersburg and who has now deserted his regiment, begging Szibill to run away with him back to Paris.

That evening, at the ball in the Governor's palace, the Grand Duke arrives but decides to play along with Szibill's deception that she is his wife, taking the opportunity to press for her favours.

In 1916 a Spanish-language version was produced, in an adaptation by Emilio González del Castillo, at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, under the title Jack.