by Herman Wouk
Translation: Anca Tanasescu

Directed by: Otto Szombati Gille
Scenography: Eliza Popescu
Premiere date: January 27, 1973

The play "The Dog's Revolt" is a dramatization by Herman Wouk himself of one of the most intense chapters of his novel of the same name, inspired by events from World War II. The show depicts with rare intensity a trial at the US Navy Court Martial, using the resources appropriate to such a circumstance: interrogations, pleas, testimonies. The imagined story centers on a second officer who, in conditions of a raging storm, takes over the right of command from the ship's captain, accusing him of irresponsible, almost insane behavior. The trial reconstructs the atmosphere and situation in which the subordinate took the initiative in front of the superior, a pretext to investigate human psychology in extreme life situations. The sentence itself, the resolution of the case remains on the second plan in importance, the foreground being occupied by the characters' consciences, their motivations, the truth that each one has.

The trial debates the fates of the defendants and of humanity alike. We could imagine that instead of the ship Caine, the world itself is present, and that a madman whose behavior is in flagrant contradiction with reality holds the power of decision-making. From this point of view, the play discusses, in fact, the case of all humanity, raising questions about man's responsibility towards his fellow men, about the power to control or not the course of life.

Distribution:

The stenographer:  Tiberius Varga
Barney Greenwald:  Eugen Tugulea
Stephan Maryk:  George Pintilescu
John Challe:  Ion Tomorrow
Blakely:  Nicholas Thomas
Philip Francis Queeq:  Jean Sandulescu
Thomas Keefer:  Ion Abrudan
Junius Urban:  John Martin
Willis Seward Keith:  Nicolae Barosan
Randolph Southard:  Marcel Segărceanu
Dr. Forrest Lunden:  Dorel Urlățeanu emeritus artist
Dr. Birt:  Eugen Harizomenov
In other roles:  Iosif Balogh, Alexandru Thurzo, Valentin Nica, Octavian Vaida, Alexandru Csiszar

Technical director: Elena Varlam
Prompter. Gigi Groşanu
Lighting: Vasile Blejan
Sound: Dorel Olea