Drama and comedy in three acts (six scenes) by Paul Everac

Artistic direction: Valeriu Grama
Decor: Nagy Sándor
Costumes: Eliza Popescu
Incidental music: Remus Georgescu
Premiere date: September 23, 1962

Approaching the problem of the individual-society relationship with the means of socialist realism, the play "Costache and the Inner Life" is a comedy of ideas with programmatic value: the author criticizes the individualistic attitude of isolation towards the people around him, egocentrism (with all its justifications), cheap romanticism, superficiality and infatuation.

The play discusses the case of Romulus and Felicia Mălureanu, who fail to establish any emotional contact with their work colleagues at the Runcu III hydroelectric power plant, but also with each other. With the completion of the construction site and the departure of the workers, the school closed and Felicia finds herself in a forced break from work, from which her daily boredom and irritation originate. Romulus reacts inappropriately, annoyed by his wife's demands, which are fair but impossible to satisfy. The writer's irony is directed at the way in which the heroes understand how to solve their problems, indulging in isolation and self-pity. They externalize their feelings by addressing the donkey Costache in parallel series of sterile laments. The true solution to their problems will be found when the two will do without the donkey as a confidant and will address real interlocutors, the people around them.

Distribution:

Romulus Malureanu:  Nicholas Thomas
Remus Malureanu:  Jean Sandulescu
Coman Botogan:  Liviu Martinus
Nicolae Vatui:   Radu Reisel 
Silviu Totea:   John Martin 
Aurel Dobrica:   Grig Schiţcu 
Felicia Malureanu:  Simona Constantinescu
Paulina Orzaru:  Genoveva Matici
Mariuca Sas:  Anca Miere Chirilă, Ana Popa
Victoria Dobrica:   Doina Ioja Vasiu
Sorin:  Radu Cristian
Joanna:  Doinita Vasiu

Technical director: Dalma Simionescu
Prompter: Sofica Spoiala