From Caragiale to Sholem Aleichem

by Ion Luca Caragiale & Sholem Aleichem

Contemporaries, both drawing on the turbulent life of late nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, Caragiale and Sholem Aleichem share a great deal of literary ground - which is exactly what sets each of them apart - and this production brings out those symbolic affinities. The passage between the two literary worlds is made by train, the means of transport that revolutionised everyday life in the period and was also a central literary subject for both writers: a place of sociability, of discovery, of rescue, of escape and of amusement, all at once.

Stage adaptation: Edith Negulici
Director: Collective
Set and costume design: Adina Mastalier
Music: Florea Cîrstea

Ion Luca Caragiale: Neculai Predica
Sholem Aleichem: Mircea Drîmbăreanu
Tincuța, Aunt Mița: Viorica Predica
Măndica: Alina Tomi
Spiridon, Motl, Goe: Andrei Miercure
Mița, She, Mamița: Arabela Neazi
He: Veaceslav Grosu
Veta: Lorena Luchian
Zița: Cristina Cîrcei
Chiriac: Mircea Dragoman
Grandmama: Dorina Păunescu
Rică: Darius Daradici
The Wife: Mirela Nicolau
The Husband: Mihai Ciucă
First Traveller: Neculai Predica
Second Traveller: Nicolae Călugărița
The Conductor, The Waiter: Nicolae Botezatu
Mihai Eminescu: Darius Daradici

With the Orchestra of the State Jewish Theatre
Keyboards, accordion: Bogdan Lifșin
Violin: Rodica Gancea
Violin: Feras Sarmini
Cello: Sergiu Marin
Clarinet: Mihai Pintenaru
Percussion: Radu Gheorghe