Comedy in two parts by Mircea Ştefănescu

Stage version and artistic direction: Zoe Anghel Stanca
Scenography: Vioara Bara
Musical illustration: Timuş Alexandrescu
Premiere date: March 13, 1986

A warm, intimate play, similar to the romances of the past, "Dream of Love" outlines the still patriarchal atmosphere of a marginal neighborhood of Bucharest in the 1920s, with the bragagi, simigii, gypsies, lampagii and flaşnetarii who populated it. In this simple, calm, and well-mannered world, Dudu Zamfirescu appears, the embodiment of the bohemian, a man without a head, cynical and rebellious. A large part of the play unfolds a dream to reveal the interiority of the hero. His entire spiritual capacity is concentrated in the issue of love, where he proves to be pure, disinterested, profound. Thus, despite his amoralism, he remains a sympathetic "sucker", animated by tender lyricism, gentle irony, having a luminous and idealistic nature.

Distribution:

Dudu Zamfirescu:  Ion Abrudan
Baraboy:  Eugen Harizomenov
The Bragagiul, Stratos, The Passerby:  Tiberiu Covaci
Elvira Ionescu:  Mariana Vasile
Manole Ionescu:  Eugen Tugulea
Gypsy and Lysa:  Anca Miere Chirilă
Titi Vasilescu:  Ion Ruscut

Technical director: Elena Varlam
Prompter: Iuliana Chelu
Lighting: Vasile Blejan, Emeric Kozák
Sound: Valentin Bodonea