Tonic comedy in six scenes by Radu Cosaşu

Artistic direction and set design: Andrei Brădeanu
Costumes: Eliza Popescu
Premiere date: February 3, 1962

Situated on the border between reportage and dramatic text, the play "It Seems Romantic..." starts from a brief, ingrained conflict: Dinu Constantin, a turner on his way to engineering, is tempted to ask for an intervention (which, in fact, he does not need) from the secretary of the City Party Committee. The pretext of the play is, therefore, the fight against the "pile" system, of mutual aid societies based on interest. The conflict is really an aspect of the fight against the old (symbolized by vulgarity, bad taste and small everyday cowardices) and the proclamation of the new in the consciousness of the socialist man - embodied by the evening school teacher or the militiaman passionate about history and geography. In this atmosphere of youth, sincerity and optimism lies the true romanticism sought by the play, not in the outdated romanticism of Miss Lilly from the jukebox restaurant or the cashier who sighs over the pages of the novel "Red and Black." The play aims to capture the process of transformation, of shattering the old both socially and within each individual.

Distribution:

Dinu:  Gheorghe V. Gheorghe, Ion Abrudan
Simina Ionita:  Sofia Albu
Dorobantu:  Liviu Martinus
Marcu Fuiorescu:  Dorel Urlățeanu
George Isaia:  John the Baptist
Maria Cernea:  Genoveva Matici
Lilly Gigea:  Anca Rosu
Mrs. Gigea:  Lili Mihailescu
Mircea:  Constantin Simionescu
Ignatius:  John Martin
Militiaman:  Marcel Segărceanu
The waiter:  Grig Schiţcu
Reporter:  Radu Reisel
Cashier:  Doina Ioja Vasiu
The janitor: Stefan Szabo

Prompter: Agy Segărceanu
Sound: István Bartos