Theatres and their projects

Bucharest National Theatre (TNB) will welcome its audience with a play that drama lovers have been expecting since June: “The Baron Peasant” by Holberg, directed by Lucian Giurchescu. The cast includes famous actors of the National Theatre: Alexandru Georgescu, Sanda Toma, Mihai Fotino, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Mircea Anca. The new season will also open with the premiere of “The man of La Mancha” by Dale Wasserman, directed by Ion Cojar. Maia Morgenstern will perform in this play, together with other great actors such as atefan Iordache, Ioan Gyuri Pascu, Cristian Cretu, Eugen Cristea, Vlad Ivanov, George Motoi. “The living corpse” by Tolstoi is another premiere the National Theatre is working at, under the direction of Gelu Colceag.

The new season will open at the Nottara Theatre with “Love letters” by Fernando Arrabal, directed by Radu Dinulescu. The actors have already started rehearsing. The play will also be performed in French and collaboration with the Festival of Avignon is expected in 2001. “Blacksmiths,” by Milos Nicolic will be staged by Horatiu Malaele, who hopes to finish it on September 7. On September 1st, the actors will start rehearsing Marivaux’ play “Travesty,” directed by Alexandru Colpaci.

The Odeon Theatre will lift its curtains around September 20. The first performance will be “The Coffee Shop,” a comedy directed by Dragos Galgotiu. “The Brothers,” directed by Alexandru Dabija, and “The Blue Angel” will be the first performances of the new season. Mihai Manolescu from TNB will produce, on the Odeon stage, a play written by a contemporary Serbian playwright, entitled “Radovan III.”

Liviu Ciulei’s “Hamlet” will open the season at the Bulandra Theatre on September 9. It will be followed by “Bent”, directed by Eli Malka, “Egmont” by Goethe, under the direction of Alexandru Darie, or Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” directed by Alexandru Tocilescu. “Levantul”, under the direction of Catalina Buzoianu, will be performed again on the stage of the Bulandra Theatre, after the break it took last season.