Play in three acts (nine scenes) by Ştefan Berciu

Artistic direction: Valeriu Grama
Decor: Nagy Alexandru
Costumes: Eliza Popescu
Musical illustration: engineer Lucian Ionescu (Romanian Radio and Television Bucharest)
Premiere date: February 23, 1963

„"People and Shadows" is part of the detective genre, putting into motion the entire arsenal specific to this type of literature: rich intrigue, the unexpected in the action, ingenuity in thwarting the opponent's plans, characters with double or triple identities and others. The subject of the play is the discovery and annihilation of an espionage network by special state bodies. At the same time, the play engages a debate on the relationship between the individual and the collectivity in order to explain what expectations and demands society has towards the individual in order to consider him a human being. people in the play – a teacher, two officers, a student and others – are those who work honestly, love their country and engage without hesitation in its defense. The shadows they are the non-humans who come from the past to disturb the daily balance, without homeland and without ideals: a former merchant, a former lawyer, the son of a landowner.

Throughout the play, the author masterfully uses the technique of surprise. Each scene brings new characters and new facts onto the scene, which seem to take the viewer away from the main event. However, at the end, all the threads of the action come together and are explained in a completely unexpected way.

Distribution:

Col. Marius Bozianu:  Ricardo Colbert
Florian Papadopol:  Dorel Urlățeanu
Sidonia Praetorian:  Lili Mihailescu Vladimir 
Olga Praetorian:  Genoveva Matici
Praetorian Guard:  Ana Popa
Teodora Ganovici:  Simona Constantinescu
Lola Calliope:  Doina Urlățeanu
Mrs. Jana:  Maud Mary 
Lt. Dan Olteanu:  George Pintilescu
Marcel Bondea:  Ilie Iliescu
Handsome Guy:  Teodor Buzea, George Simonca
Paul Dobrota:  Valentin Avrigeanu
Ioachimescu:  Marcel Segărceanu
Lt. Smaranda:  Doina Ioja Vasiu

Prompter: Agy Segărceanu
Sound: Dorel Olea