Comedy by Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu

Artistic director: Eugen Harizomenov
Scenography: Maria Haţeganu
Assistant director and choreography: Kati Gábor
Original music: Edmond Deda
Musical direction: Ludovic Boross
Premiere date: May 16, 1985

„"Orthonerosia" (1871-1872), revived in 1879 under the name "Three Kings from the East" and staged at the Oradea Theatre under the title "Father, Daughter and Three Kings" is a comedy of manners directed especially against language corruptors. In fact, the play is inspired by the confrontation between the two dominant linguistic trends at the time: the Latinist current and the excessive use of French words.

Marița, the daughter of the grocer Hagi-Pană, educated at a German boarding school, is courted by three suitors: the French copyist Jorj, the professor Numa-Consule, a fanatical Latinist, and Petrică, a shop boy, a "pure Romanian". In the end, after some sparkling comic moments, but with a touch of social criticism, the victory goes to the healthy and balanced native element. Petrică's choice is synonymous with emphasizing the specific values of the Romanian language, defending it from excesses, an attitude clearly evident in one of the couplets that conclude the play:

„"Romanian thought"
It has the Romanian port
But don't let her scold you.
Those who speak our language! (…)
Romania as long as it lives
The tongue will not leave it;
Let's speak Romanian:
Every nation with its own language."”

Distribution:

Hagi Pană:  Eugen Tugulea
Marry:  Ileana Iurciuc, Gábor Kati
George:  Laurian Jivan
Petrica:  Tiberiu Covaci
Consul Numa:  Ion Abrudan
Rose:  Anca Miere Chirilă
A maid:  Corina Codrea, Sorina Laza

Technical director: Elena Varlam
Prompter: Florence Szabo
Lights: Emeric Kozák
Sound: Valentin Bodonea