Comedy in three acts by Molière
Translation: Tudor Arghezi

Artistic director: Ion Mainea
Scenography: Maria Haţeganu
Musical illustration: Erasmus Minchevici
Premiere date: March 2, 1984

Written on the coordinates of the grotesque, the comedy "Georges Dandin (The Deceived Husband)" is related to Molière's prose farce "La Jalousie du Barbouillé" and focuses on the classic story of the deceived husband, found in numerous works of universal literature (for example in Boccaccio's "Decameron"). The play also became famous due to the repeated statement "You wanted it, Georges Dandin", transformed into a true proverb by breaking the context.

Georges Dandin, a rich peasant, gives his fortune to the de Sotenville family, ruined nobles, in exchange for which he acquires a noble title (Georges de la Dandinière), a rank and their daughter, Angelica, as his wife. She was therefore superior to him in social rank, but not in qualities and, moreover, she never wanted this loveless marriage. Without scruples and hiding places, Angelica cheats on Georges with the aristocrat Clitandre. The deceived husband repeatedly calls his in-laws to catch her in the act; Angelica, however, always turns the situation in her favor, and Mr. and Mrs. de Sotenville do not miss any opportunity to remind Georges that the difference in condition has not been abolished. The ending does not allow us to glimpse any change, any improvement in this state of affairs presented comically, but which borders on the grotesque.

Distribution:

George Dandin:  Ion Abrudan, Ion Tomorrow 
Angelica:  Cristina Schiopu
Mr. de Sautenville:  Marcel Popa
Madame de Sautenville:  Simona Constantinescu
Clitendre:  Ion Ruscut
Claudine:  Mariana Neagu
Lubin:  Daniel Vulcu
Colin:  George Voinese

Technical director: Elena Varlam
Prompter: Florence Szabo
Lights: Emeric Kozák
Sound: Dorel Olea