The Theatrical Christening of Romania

Authors

  • Anca Hațiegan Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Keywords:

Romania, Theatre, 19th century, allegory, Caragiali, nation, Marianne

Abstract

The present paper focuses on the first theatrical representation of Romania by the actor and playwright Costache Caragiali (1815-1877), examining the  portrayal of the female protagonist of the prologue written by the said author on the occasion of the grand opening of Teatrul cel Mare (the future National  Theatre) from Bucharest, in 1852. The paper also traces the history of the allegorical representation of the nation in the Romanian theatre from the  beginning to the end of World War I, by such authors like Gheorghe Asachi (one of Caragiali’s precursors), actor Mihail Pascaly, Frédéric Damé (a writer and  journalist of French origin), Ion Luca Caragiale (Costache Caragiali’s nephew and one of Romania’s greatest writers of all times) and actor and playwright  Zaharia Bârsan.

Author Biography

Anca Hațiegan, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

ANCA HAŢIEGAN is Assistant Professor in the Theatre Department of the Faculty of Theatre and Television, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania. Her main research interests include Romanian  theatre and literature, theatre history and historiography. She is the author of Cărţile omului dublu: teatralitate şi roman în regimul comunist [The Books of the Double-Man: Theatricality and the Novel  under the Communist Regime]. Cluj: Editura Limes, 2010. She is currently working on another book focusing on the first generations of Romanian actresses and on the representation of women in the works of the Romanian playwrights from the 18th and 19th century.

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Published

2022-01-26

How to Cite

Hațiegan, A. (2022). The Theatrical Christening of Romania. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai - Dramatica, 63(1), 61–90. Retrieved from https://dramatica.ro/index.php/j/article/view/181