Play in three acts, four scenes by Dorel Dorian

Artistic director: Dan Alecsandrescu
Sets: Nagy Sándor
Premiere date: January 29, 1960

The action of the play "Secunda 58" is set on a socialist energy construction site, whose employees evolve at the pace of construction. Banu Mareş, engineer and construction site manager, is about to leave his wife and child for a new love that appears in his life, in the person of Domnică Rotaru. Ştefan Mareş, his brother, is on the verge of moral collapse. All are put in a situation of radically choosing their path in life. To determine the psychological evolution of the characters, the author uses the technical accident as a symbol: a malfunction, a power outage. For companies that receive electricity from this source, any interruption longer than a minute can cause significant damage. The 58-second malfunction is repaired by the character whose moral premises least justified him to commit this saving act. The 58th second symbolizes the critical moment when seemingly unsolvable problems are clarified, the moment when, after a trial, the ultimate and irrevocable decisions are made. Written in a lively rhythm, in which lyrical passages alternate with dramatic ones and with notes of humor, the play follows the process of increasing the sense of social responsibility in the characters forced to make decisions of vital importance: "we have all had or will have a difficult trial, an interruption... a 58th second..."„

Distribution:

Banu Mares:  Ricardo Colberti, Nicolae Toma
Stefan Mares:  George Pintilescu, Jean Sandulescu
Domnica Rotaru:   Vera Varzopov
Wolf Aman:  Eugen Tugulea
Haircut:  Misu Vladimir
Stella:  Sofia Albu
Valley:  Doina Urlățeanu
Christescu:  Marcel Segărceanu, Ioan Pater
Dumitru Ailincii:  Liviu Martinus
The first young man:  George V. Gheoghe
Second young man:  Grig Scritcu
Ana Petrescu:  Lili Mihailescu

Prompter: Agy Segărceanu