Anton Cosma - dramaturg
Anton Cosma - Playwright

Summary/Abstract: The paper offers a presentation of the forthcoming volume Anton Cosma - Teatru (Anton Cosma - Theatre), Cluj-Napoca, Editura Argonaut, 2009, based on inedite manuscripts left behind by Anton Cosma and edited by Ela Cosma. Anton Cosma (1940-1991), officially known only by his books of literary critics, reveals himself as an unexpected and gifted dramatist. The volume comprises a series of original comedies and social satires, footing in the realities of Ceauşescu’s Golden Era and depicting characters and mentalities of the Romanian multilateral developed Socialist society: Detectivul particular (The Private Detective), Tovarăşul din Andromeda (The Comrade from Andromeda), Bagaje de mînă (Hand Luggage), Vizita bătrînilor domni (The Visit of the Old Lords), Minunea de la Loboda (The Wonders in Loboda), Satul fără bărbaţi (The Menless Village), Cum s-au înscris Dumnezeu şi sfîntul Petru în I.A.D. (How God and Saint Peter Joined the H.E.L.L.), followed by two comedies for children: O statuie neobişnuită (An Unusual Statue), De-aş fi Păcală (If I Were Păcală) and a translation into Romanian of Les demoiselles de Saint-Cyr by famous Alexandre Dumas. The editor completes the volume with an uncommon image of Anton Cosma, as a man of literature, and a supplement containing his personal documents and papers, reflecting the „wooden language” used during the ’80s in Romania.

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