Comedy in three acts by Virgil Stoenescu

Artistic director: Nicoleta Toia
Assistant director: Ion Abrudan
Scenography: Tatiana Manolescu Uleu
Music illustration: Zoltán Boros
Premiere date: October 1, 1970

„"I know of nothing more disturbing, more contradictory, more uncertain and more unusual than the constantly agitated being of the young man. Thousands of questions, dreams and grandiose ambitions burn within him. Immense potentiated energies bubble within him, ready to explode into Promethean, unique, astonishing feats - sometimes disconcerting, sometimes reprehensible - but always ennobled by the huge price thrown - with an unconscious generosity - by this young man in the balance and which is his own destiny, his own life.

One such character is Dinu, the hero of my comedy "The Death of the Last Golan". In fact, this character wears a false emblem. Dinu is not a golan. He plays at being a golan. He displays it as a kind of noble coat of arms. However, under this coat of arms there is an unconfessed seriousness hidden. By not confessing it, Dinu defines himself as a timid person. And not infrequently such people convert their timidity into a very well-disguised cynicism. Of course, Dinu pays a heavy tribute to his superficial and careerist nature. Maybe he is too hasty to find an answer to the complicated questions that life poses to a young man. Maybe the methods he resorts to to reach his goal are contrary to the ethics of our society. But at least one thing cannot be disputed about my hero: the courage of sincerity! A cruel, painful sincerity, when a man is confronted with his own mistakes. (Virgil Stoenescu in the show's program booklet)

Distribution:

Dinu:  George Pintilescu, Nicolae Barosan
Phoney:  Grig Dristaru
Laura:  Gina Nicolae
Gina:  Andra Teodorescu, Ana Popa
Mountains:  Ana Popa, Ildiko Kiss
The Minister:  Nicholas Thomas
Valentine:  Marcel Segărceanu
Help:  Ion Abrudan

Technical director: Elena Varlam
Prompter: Sofica Spoiala
Sound: Dorel Olea