SOCIAL PHENOMENON AND THEATRE. ECONOMIC MIGRATION IN CATINCA DRĂGĂNESCU’S PLAY „ROVEGAN”
SOCIAL PHENOMENON AND THEATRE. ECONOMIC MIGRATION IN CATINCA DRĂGĂNESCU’S PLAY „ROVEGAN”

Summary/Abstract: Catinca Drăgănescu is one of the key figures in today’s Romanian theatre. As a playwright and stagedirector she’s inspired by Romania’s social realities, and she always militates towards a theatre ofconsciousness, a theatre that’s always grounded in `present tense.„Rovegan” as a play but also as a theatreshow represents a clear example of Drăgănescu’s proactive and focused approach towards Romania’ssocial problems. In „Rovegan” she approaches the problem of economic migration. This is one of themost important issues in Romania’s society today. The main factors that influence Romania’s citizens tomake this decision (leaving the country) are poverty and lack of perspective. These main subjects are keyelements in Catinca’s play. Following the script of the well-known fairy tale „Capra cu trei iezi” by IonCreanga, the play follows the story of a mother who goes abroad, in Italy to work and her children whoremain at home. The main subjects of the play, that brig up violent emotions in the audience, arecapitalism as we know it today in Romania and the separation between mother and children.

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