Comedy in three acts by George Vasilescu, based on an idea by Ion Creangă

Artistic director: Dan Alecsandrescu
Decor: Nagy Sándor
Costumes: Eliza Cozma
Premiere date: May 30, 1959

In the play "The Old Woman's Eye", author George Vasilescu takes the narrative core from the fairy tale "The Mother-in-Law with Three Daughters" by Ion Creangă and depicts a typical country household, run in the most authoritarian manner by the mother-in-law. The emphasis is on the rapacious nature of the mother-in-law, whose only goal in life seems to be to increase her wealth. Widowed at an early age, Aftinia chooses wives for her sons on her own, with the sole purpose of using their labor. The youngest daughter-in-law, Agripina, brought into the house by the youngest son without prior consultation, synthesizes a multitude of positive traits specific to folk heroes: cleverness, a spirit of justice, diligence, sincerity. She reveals to the other two daughters-in-law the lie of the eye in the back of her head with which Aftinia claims to see them when they are idle. Thus, she breaks the established order and comes to the aid of her evil mother-in-law. She is punished for her wickedness and stinginess by being forced to give up her entire fortune, which was actually accumulated through the work and efforts of others.

Distribution:

Aftinia:  Stefania Popescu
Agrippina:  Stella Adamovici
Anika:  Natalia Lefescu
Flower:  Doina Ioja Vasiu
Constantine:  Valentin Avrigeanu
Culai:  Grig Schiţcu
George:  George V. George
Maranda:  Lili Mihailescu, Lucy Chevalier
Vasilica:  Ilie Iliescu
Stefanuca:  Gheorghe Vilceanu
Ileana:  Vera Varzopov

Prompter: Sofica Spoiala