Musical comedy in three parts by György Méhes
Translation: Gelu Păteanu
Lyrics of the songs: Al.Covaci

Artistic direction: József Gábor
Assistant director: Jean Săndulescu
Scenography: Maria Haţeganu
Music: Ludovic Boross
Premiere date: February 28, 1980

Day after day, Valentin, an accomplished actor, feels like he is returning home to a prison, suffocated by the trivialities of everyday life. Ana, his wife, takes pleasure in the role of martyr of the family, overwhelmed by the household chores that are added to her job as a pharmacist, bringing her to exhaustion. Gabi and Alice, their twin children who have reached adolescence, are in a perpetual dispute. This is the picture of a family that is far from functioning ideally. However, one day, unexpectedly, Ana wins a competition run by the Radiodifuzioni: supposedly, she has discovered the secret of a happy marriage!

From that moment on, Ana is invited to television and radio, overwhelmed by letters from people asking for guidance from "Mrs. Mâmica" and becomes a national heroine, while in her own home events take place that could endanger the entire balance of the family. Journalist Erika enters the family under the pretext of capturing a few snapshots from the life of the great actor. Young, provocative, she lures Valentin into a dangerous game of seduction, which nevertheless does not go unnoticed by Mimi, Ana's friend, and the children.

When Ana returns from a trip to the capital, this game is exposed, but their marriage is far from falling apart. Broken, Valentin promises to descend from his artistic spheres into the everyday life of washing dishes and peeling potatoes, and Erika, realizing that she has chosen the wrong object of her adoration, leaves angrily.

Ana's line, which ends the play: "My father asked me to marry him" is the promise of a new beginning in the family's life.

Distribution:

Anna:  Simona Constantinescu
Valentine:  Jean Sandulescu
Alice:  Ileana Iurciuc
Gabi:  Mircea Constantinescu
Erica:  Kati Gabor
Mimi:  Alla Tautu
Innocent:  John Martin 

Technical director: Mărioara Goina
Prompter: Dimitrios Stefanidis
Lighting: Vasile Blejan
Sound: Dumitru Olea