THE MASK AND THE ACTOR: ION SAVA’S VISION WITHIN A EUROPEAN THEATRICAL HERITAGE
THE MASK AND THE ACTOR: ION SAVA’S VISION WITHIN A EUROPEAN THEATRICAL HERITAGE

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with Ion Sava’s belief in the dynamic potential of the mask, as shown by his own direction of the performance “Macbeth with Masks”. Considering this turning point of the Romanian theatrical life to be a pretext, the article then analyses the artistic background of the Romanian director, with an emphasis on his early interest for caricature and on his readings of Artaud, Craig or Meyerhold. His option for the mask as an artistic device actually stands for a deeper concern with the right manner to stylise and to touch the essence of the creative impulse of both the modern actor and the modern director.

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