by Vasile Alecsandri

„"Without a doubt, the show with «Arvinte și Pepelea» by V. Alecsandri, directed by Dan Alecsandrescu, is one of the most interesting that took place, in the last seasons, at the Puppet Theatre of Oradea. A text, not without the difficulty of stage transposition, was a good opportunity to capitalize on the possibilities of an artistic collective capable of special performances when there is the necessary professional incentive and when boldness takes precedence over the routine spirit confined to predictable formulas. Because «Arvinte și Pepelea», in the Oradea staging, is, above all, the fruit of a collaboration between an experienced director who is very knowledgeable about the classics, attentive to nuances but never losing sight of the ensemble and a set painter (Epaminonda Tiotiu) who, beyond his remarkable gift with the sense of chromatics, shows, in this show, an ingenious organization of the elements of the scenic setting in the image of a true print of the traditional rural universe both suggestive and functional. To which must be added the contribution of an excellent professional – Erasmus Minchevici – (from the Oradea State Philharmonic) with an original musical illustration, perfectly integrated into the structure of the performance. […]

Freed from the screen complex and feeling excellent in the skin of the two characters […] the director intuited in Petru Diaconu and loan Moldovan the experience capable of giving significant artistic expression to such roles. Arvinte is the material, Pepelea is the spirit. Marlena Prigoreanu (Măndica) brings, through a pleasant presence, the note of freshness of the field flower, that is, of the girl from the people, not so naive but not knowing the price of feeling. […] The Romanian section of the Oradea institution has produced its best performances with pieces inspired by our national epic, Arvinte and Pepelea reconfirm the tradition. Let's see what's next.” (Viorel Horj, Family, (May 1981)

Distribution:

Arvinte: Peter the Deacon
Pepelea: John Moldovan
Eat: Marlena Prigoreanu

Artistic director: Dan Alecsandrescu (Târgu-Mureş National Theatre) 
Assistant director: Petru Diaconu 
Scenography: Epaminonda Tiotiu 
Music: Erasmus Minchevici 
Premiere date: 03/22/1981.

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