Play in five scenes by Mircea Bradu
National premiere

Artistic direction: Alexandru Colpacci
Decor: Romulus Peneş
Costumes: Maria Hateganu
Premiere date: March 24, 1979

„"The right of my nation is more precious to me than my life" was the credo of the Romanian activist Vasile Lucaciu, whose prominent figure is at the center of the historically inspired play "The Heart". The play follows several key moments in his life, from before the drafting of the Memorandum of 1892 until his election as a deputy in Parliament in 1907. A priest and professor from Transylvania, a doctor of philosophy in Rome, with relations with Europe and America through the Cultural and Political League of which he was president for a time, Vasile Lucaciu firmly established himself as a man of culture, pedagogue, orator and publicist, campaigning for the rights of Romanians under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Latinity and continuity of the Romanian people have always concerned him, not only through their historical character, but also through their political impact.

Distribution:

The Minister:  Jean Sandulescu
Verbőczy:  Eugen Harizomenov
Bishop Szabó:  Ion Tomorrow
Vasile Lucaciu:  Liviu Rozorea
Lorenzo:  Mircea Constantinescu
Mary:  Cristina Schiopu
Apple:  Eugen Tugulea
The old lady:  Anca MiereCyrilă
Janos:  István Darkó
Pauline:  Simona Constantinescu
Rouquette:  Radu Vaida, Ion Martin
Prosecutor Cserna:  Marcel Segărceanu
The President:  Ion Martin, Sandor Técsi
Gaborffy:  Ion Abrudan
Trojan:  Laurian Jivan
Ashkenazi:  Nicolae Barosan
The Count:  Nicholas Thomas
Wallner:  Marcel Popa
Judges:  Alla Tautu, Grig Schitcu

Technical director: Elena Varlam
Prompter: Dimitrios Stefanidis
Lighting: Vasile Blejan
Sound: Dorel Olea