Ballad by Silvia Andreescu and Theodor Mănescu

Artistic direction:  Otto Szombati Gille
Decor:  I.Géza Bíró
Costumes: Maria Hateganu
Premiere date: March 15, 1971

„The dramatic "Balada" by Silvia Andreescu and Theodor Mănescu is a play about the illegal struggle of the communists that puts in antithesis, at least apparently, two characters: an orderly and the colonel-magistrate whom he must hand over alive and unharmed into the hands of his comrades. The orderly is an old communist fighter, and the colonel suffers from all the hardships of the bourgeois military, behind which, in fact, merits in the anti-fascist struggle are hidden, which few know about. On the eve of August 23, 1944, the two travel together a path full of adventures, along which they support each other, cultivating trust in their fellow men, but also a sense of duty. The end of the play punctuates the action with popular verses and folkloric commentaries, intended to project the unfolding of events on a mythical background.

Distribution:

The officer:  Nicholas Thomas
Orderly:  Eugen Tugulea
Parent:  Alla Tautu
Woman:  Gina Nicolae
Balint:  Ion Abrudan
The beggar:  John Martin
The investigator:  Mircea Olariu

Technical director: Dalma Simionescu
Prompter: Agy Segărceanu
Lighting: Vasile Blejan
Sound: Dumitru Olea