by Viniciu Gafita and Alecu Popovici
„"Happy inspiration for the author who found here (in the aforementioned fairy tale) a rich material full of picturesqueness and content, an opportunity to manifest the wisdom of our people who have always known how to separate the wheat from the chaff, who have fought for the clean, honest element to prevail over hypocrisy, laziness or stupidity. Using simple language, with an unforced popular character, alternating verse — of the same folkloric inspiration — with prose, Alecu Popovici's play unfolds fluidly, respecting the narrative of the fairy tale with the same title, so familiar to us.
The management of the puppet theater was equally inspired when they chose the piece for the repertoire and when they gave the performance the character — required by the text — but emphasized with high-quality artistic means throughout its development. […]
