person
The Steward
Steward
also: a tiszttartó, the Steward
The unnamed Steward (Hungarian: tiszttartó), Pharaoh's tax-collector and enforcer in Gózen, who plunders cattle and attempts to seize Mária for the harem; his killing by Moses triggers the chain of exile and return that drives the plot.
Reading notes
- Moses §1 the Steward
The Steward (Hungarian: tiszttartó), Pharaoh's tax-collector in Gózen, who plunders Israelite cattle and attempts to seize Mária for Pharaoh's harem; his killing by Moses sets the plot of Act One in motion.