The Romanian Stage and Recent Stagings of I. L. Caragiale’s Dramaturgy Cover Image

Scena românească şi montări recente ale dramaturgiei lui I. L. Caragiale
The Romanian Stage and Recent Stagings of I. L. Caragiale’s Dramaturgy

Author(s): Ioana Petcu
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Editura ARTES
Keywords: contemporary direction; topicality; updating; adaptation

Summary/Abstract: The “Caragiale” phenomenon in the theatrical practice of the past few years is certainly worth analyzing rigorously. If we take into account that no less than eighty-four performances have been staged in the country on the most important dramatic stages as well as in alternative theatres and companies for the past ten years, the premises seem definitely promising. We would be tempted to see in the multitude of shapes taken by Caragiale’s work in the limelight precisely its stimulating depth. This generates our question – how efficient, how healthy is the perpetual reformulation, how favourable is the permanent search for the new and how favourable is the process of updating the plays in the context of the modern myths of the years two thousand?

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 30-43
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English