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    STUDIA DRAMATICA - Issue no. 1 / 2018  
         
  Article:   THE THEATRICAL CHRISTENING OF ROMANIA.

Authors:  ANCA HAȚIEGAN.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbdrama.2018.1.03

Published Online: 2018-03-30
Published Print: 2018-03-30

pp. 61-90

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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.

Keywords: Romania, theatre, 19th century, Caragiali, allegory, nation, Marianne
 
         
     
         
         
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