Set in a rural Hungarian village, the play centres on a household where domestic routine, gossip and music reveal local rivalries and the scramble around a forthcoming judicial election. Close, colloquial scenes among the judge, his wife, kin and assorted neighbors blend comic misunderstandings with sharper observations about social ambition, kinship obligations and gender expectations. Everyday chores and songs alternate with tactical canvassing and petty quarrels, showing how reputation, money and small-town politics shape relationships and public life in a tight-knit community.