Caragiale between comic and communism
Caragiale between comic and communism

Summary/Abstract: A work of art is never finished because it acquires and captures new values and meanings with each passing year, decade or century. Thus, Caragiale's dramatic work, mirrors a new world and new perspectives of thought with each staging. What kind of Romania was captured by Sică Alexandrescu in staging the play "A lost letter" from 1954 compared to the one offered by Liviu Ciulei in 1982? What kind of comedy did a society in the midst of a world war taste when "A Stormy Night" was made in 1943 compared to the humor it enjoyed during the years of communism in 1984? If we balance these different stagings of the two plays of the most beloved Romanian playwright, we can observe both the evolution of his dramatic work and the evolution of Romanian society.

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