GHEORGHE ASACHI, A PIONEER OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE
GHEORGHE ASACHI, A PIONEER OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE

Summary/Abstract: Gheorghe Asachi, the initiator of the national theatre from the beginning of the 19th century, is one of the first Romanian forerunners of the scenic art. In spite of the obvious imperfections in the pioneering activity of the vital institutions in the evolution of a modern state, all Asachi's approaches ought tobe seen from the historical and cultural perspective of the period in which he was involved. Thus, the daring play "Mirtil and Chloe", staged in one of Iaşu’ salons in December 1816, establishes Gh. Asachi as the founder of the national theatre. The scholar Gh. Asachi’ hard work to achieve through school and theatre real instruments of spiritual uplifting of his nationare carried on and accomplished by Mihail Kogălniceanu, Vasile Alecsandri and Constantin Negruzzi.

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