by Molière
Translation: Aurel Baranga
Show produced together with Romanian Television

Artistic director: Domnita Munteanu
Decor: Vasile Rotaru
Costumes: Ruxandra Bârsan
Music: Nicolae Moranciu
Premiere date: October 10, 1978

Often called a "farce," the play "The Wiles of Scapin" is perhaps Molière's most cheerful comedy, of popular inspiration. Derived from the archetype of the Italian commedia dell'arte, Scapin—energetic, resourceful, optimistic, superior to his masters—became a type that would be found in all dramatic literature after Molière, from Regnard to Marivaux and Beaumarchais.

The plot of the play bears a classical imprint. In the absence of their fathers, Octave secretly married Hyacinthe and Leandre fell in love with Zerbinette. But the fathers return from their journey with marriage plans for their sons. Scapin, Leandre's valet, comes to the aid of the two young couples, applying an ingenious stratagem, with deceptions and disguises, demonstrating that for him nothing is impossible. In the end, the valet's agility and inventiveness triumph, so that at the party that puts an end to the adventures, Scapin occupies nothing more and nothing less than the head of the table...

Distribution:

Argante:  Eugen Tugulea
Gerontius:  Ion Tomorrow
Octaves:  Radu Vaida
Leander:  Mircea Constantinescu
Zerbinette:  Elizabeth Jar
Hyacinth:  Ileana Iurciuc
I'm sorry:  Liviu Rozorea
Sylvester:  Eugen Harizomenov
Nerine:  Anca Miere Chirilă
Carla:  Ion Abrudan

Technical director: Marioara Goina
Prompter: Elena Varlam
Lighting: Vasile Blejan
Chief Operator: C. Lungu
Sound: Dorel Olea