Drama in five acts by Friedrich Schiller
Translation: Mihai Izbeşescu and Mariana Crainic

Stage version, musical illustration and artistic direction: Zoe Anghel Stanca
Choreography: Otto Szombati Gille
Scenography: Maria Haţeganu
Premiere date: October 14, 1982

The play "Intrigue and Love" is a landmark in Western dramaturgy due to the fact that the author abandons the traditional structure (of neoclassical tragedy) in favor of a social and political portrait of his era. Schiller's play, originally titled "Luise Millerin", is the starting point of the 3-act opera "Luisa Miller" by Giuseppe Verdi.

Born from direct observation of reality, of current issues, "Intrigue and Love" has a pronounced realistic character and is charged with revolutionary energy, even acquiring a political tone. The abuses and decay throughout Germany of the era find their embodiment in the principality of Karl Eugen. In this space, a love story flourishes, not permitted by the unwritten laws of belonging to social classes, between Luise (the daughter of a modest bourgeois) and Major Ferdinand (the son of the President of the Court). Ferdinand, although determined to overcome the obstacles of class difference to fulfill his love, which he considers the natural right of man, still feels guilty for having violated social barriers. Luise, dignified and determined, is ready to give up "a connection that would disturb social relations and shake the usual laws of an eternal order." Their love is opposed by the intrigue of Wurm, Von Walter and Von Kalb, members of the court nobility. The impossible love between Luise and Ferdinand can only be fulfilled in death.

Distribution:

From Walter:  Ion Tomorrow
Ferdinand:  Nicolae Barosan
From Kalb:  Marcel Popa
Lady Milford:  Mariana Neagu
Worm:  Laurian Jivan
Miller:  Marcel Segărceanu
His wife:  Anca Miere Chirilă
Louise:  Cristina Schiopu
Sophie:  Florence Manea
Hans:  John Martin

Technical director: Elena Varlam
Prompter: Florence Szabo
Lighting: Vasile Blejan
Sound: Dorel Olea