Comedy by Antonio Mattiuzzi called Collalto
Translation: David Esrig

Stage adaptation and artistic direction: Cristian Ioan
Scenography: Vioara BarA
Premiere date: March 6, 1993

The play performed at the State Theatre of Oradea is an adaptation of the classic comedy written by Collalto to the condition of the Romanian emigrant in the West. The time of the action and the identity of the characters are radically transformed: in the Parisian inn the Italians do not meet (as in Collalto's comedy) and we are no longer in the middle of the 18th century. The events take place in March 1993, in a car cemetery in Paris, transformed into a night asylum and run by a group of Romanians with at least dubious identities. As Dumitru Chirilă notes in "Familia" (no. 3/March 1993), "these Romanians stranded in Paris belong to a category of desperate people whom the revolution dislocated, set in motion and threw into circumstances conducive to the perversion of character. More or less venal businessmen, but all of very small caliber, pimps, prostitutes, etc., make up the context in which the three twins evolve and in which their entanglements are consumed." The three Venetian brothers become Țane from Brașov, Țane the sailor from Sulina and Țane from Buzău. They have nothing in common except physical resemblance, differing from the point of view of characters and destinies. Beyond the comic situation created by the constant confusion of the three by the rest of the characters, the play also has a sad undertone, investigating the weakness of human nature which, out of a natural desire for happiness, goes astray on the path to it, out of excess, haste, and disorientation.

Distribution:

Tane from Braşov, Tane the sailor from Sulina, Tane from Buzău:  Daniel Vulcu
Angelica:  Mariana Presecan
Gregory:  Nicolae Barosan
Catherine:  Ileana Iurciuc
Petrica:  Petre Panait
Get rid of:  Tiberiu Covaci
Argentine:  Mariana Neagu, Elvira Platon
The Commissioner:  Eugen Harizomenov, Ion Ruscut
Policeman:  Ion Abrudan 
Boy 1:  George Voinese
Boy 2:   Ion Ruscut
In figuration:  Olivia Steer, Adela Brânzas, Cristina Nicu, Mirela Brânzas, Laura Cret

Technical director: Eugenia Popa
Prompter: Adriana Nica
Lighting: Iosif Balogh, Laviniu Goron
Musical illustration and sound design: Sorin Domide