National premiere by Keskin Yîldîrîm
Translation: Viorica Dinescu

Artistic direction and scenography: Sergiu Savin
Musical illustration: Nicolae Moranciu and Şerban Lupu
Choreography: Maria Brata
Premiere date: May 15, 1980

Built with a dreamlike feel, the show "The Indictment" portrayed a nightmare world in which the rather brief psychology of the characters, who do not even have proper names, reduces them to archetypes.

"indictment takes up an old theme of universal literature: the upstart and the moral compromises he must make to achieve abject goals. Recalling his journey from pariah status to that of great potentate, the central character of the play does nothing but evoke a series of betrayals, onerous pacts and crimes that propelled him into the upper strata of society. The higher he reaches, the greater the compromises are, from leaving a love interest in a brothel to killing the patron to take his place, wealth and wife, being a long journey not only in terms of time, but especially in terms of alienation, as a dimension of moral decomposition. The ambitions that fuel the rise of the upstart are unstoppable, they completely capture the individual, dragging him into a dizzying vortex of rapid transitions from the position of executioner to that of victim. Moreover, the hero of the play will convince himself that his path is not unique, but part of a well-tuned and ruthless mechanism, which tenaciously devours its victims. Filth spreads, betrayals multiply, crime breeds crime, the hero of the play ultimately sharing the fate of his victims.” (Dumitru Chirilă, „Familia”, May, 1980)

Distribution:

The man:  Liviu Rozorea
The valet:  Radu Vaida
Mistress:  Anca Miere Chirilă
Wife:  Mariana Neagu
Sister:  Ileana Iurciuc
Old lady:  Simona Constantinescu
Another man:  Dimitrios Stefanidis

Technical director: Mărioara Goina
Prompter: Dimitrios Stefanidis
Lights: Iosif Balogh
Sound: Dorel Olea