by Marin Sorescu<\/p>\n
Artistic direction and musical illustration: Ion Ciubotaru<\/strong> A modern historical play, "The Cold" revives with ironic and allegorical verve an episode of the national past set during the reign of Vlad the Impaler. Sultan Mehmed II leads a military expedition to the north of the Danube, with the aim of dethroning \u0162epe\u015f and enthroning Radu the Handsome, his usurping brother. Radu the Handsome has no remorse at the thought of dethroning his blood brother, and he does not seem to notice how dearly Mehmed's help will cost him. He warns him that he will not have the right to have his own army and that the rulers will not rule the country for more than three or four years, because the throne will be bought with a lot of gold from the Turkish gate.<\/p>\n On the other hand, instead of focusing on the military aspects of his position, the sultan, feeling the inferiority of Turkish culture in relation to the Greek one, works with the zeal of a founder on the Turkish alphabet, composes odes, elegies, gazelles, and has a debutante's trepidation while waiting for the verdicts of the literary critic of the Pasha of Vidin. The cage in which the representatives of Byzantium conquered by Mohammed (the Emperor, the Empress, War, Finances, Isabella, Stratos) are carried is also part of the Turkish procession, characters who behave without considering their state of captivity. As he approaches the Danube and is confronted with surprise attacks by the Romanians, the sultan decides to give up the status of creator in order to become the Conqueror again. However, the end consists in the victory of the Romanians over the numerically superior Turkish army, so that Mohammed's expedition becomes an adventure subject to the hazards of history.<\/p>\n Set almost entirely within the Turkish court or in the army, the play ultimately narrows down to an intimate setting \u2013 the family of the Romanian captain Toma, with his wife, Mrs. Stanca, and the old maid, Safta. The ending also explains the play's metaphorical title: the sacrifice of the Romanians, their death is hidden under the discreet euphemism of a simple cold.<\/p>\n In "Romania Literar\u0103" of February 25, 2006, critic Nicolae Manolescu places the play "R\u0103ceala", together with "A treia \u021beap\u0103" in the area of political theater, considering them "parodies on the theme of abuses in totalitarian regimes". Thus, history remains only the pretext for meditation on the human condition, either in the hypostasis of the ephemerality of its glory, or in the impossibility of affirming freedom of thought in totalitarian political systems.<\/p>\n Distribution:<\/p>\n Muhammad II:\u00a0 Petre Panait<\/strong> Technical director: Florin Popescu \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" de Marin Sorescu Regia artistic\u0103 \u015fi ilustra\u0163ia muzical\u0103:\u00a0 Ion Ciubotaru Scenografia:\u00a0 Vioara Bara Data premierei:\u00a0 7 mai 1998 Pies\u0103 istoric\u0103 de factur\u0103 modern\u0103, \u201eR\u0103ceala\u201d re\u00eenvie cu verv\u0103 ironic\u0103 \u0219i alegoric\u0103 un episod al trecutului na\u021bional situat \u00een perioada domniei lui Vlad-\u021aepe\u0219. Sultanul Mahomed al II-lea conduce o expedi\u0163ie militar\u0103 c\u0103tre nordul Dun\u0103rii, cu scopul detron\u0103rii […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie-arhiva":[494],"class_list":["post-10274","arhiva","type-arhiva","status-publish","hentry","categorie-arhiva-unsorted"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nScenography: Vioara Bara<\/strong>
\nPremiere date: May 7, 1998<\/p>\n
\nThe Lieutenant and the Harapul:\u00a0 Sebastian Wolf<\/strong>
\nPasha of Vidin:\u00a0 Dorin Presecan<\/strong>
\nRadu the Handsome:\u00a0 John Coman<\/strong>
\nPinzaru and Papuc:\u00a0 Ion Abrudan<\/strong>
\nThomas:\u00a0 Doru Firte<\/strong>
\nMrs. Stanca:\u00a0 Elvira Platon R\u00eembu<\/strong>
\nSafta and Vica:\u00a0 Mariana Vasile<\/strong>
\nOstean, Stan and Neagoe:\u00a0 Ion Ruscut, George Voinese<\/strong>
\nThe cowboy:\u00a0 Eugen Harizomenov<\/strong>
\nThe Emperor:\u00a0 Nicholas Thomas<\/strong>
\nEmpress:\u00a0 Simona Constantinescu<\/strong>
\nZunis and Finance:\u00a0 Ion Tomorrow<\/strong>
\nThe war:\u00a0 Tiberiu Covaci<\/strong>
\nIsabel:\u00a0 Mirela Nita<\/strong>
\nStratos:\u00a0 Marcel Popa<\/strong>
\nCadana I and Gheorghina:\u00a0 Andra Tudor Cornea<\/strong>
\nCadana II:\u00a0 Angela Tanko<\/strong>
\nBaftangioglu:\u00a0 Eugen Tugulea<\/strong>
\nBesleague:\u00a0 Alexander Cornea<\/strong>
\nFlower:\u00a0 Mariana Presecan<\/strong>
\nTilina:\u00a0 Monalisa Basarab<\/strong>
\nPride:\u00a0 Loredana Iuga<\/strong>
\nRita:\u00a0 Ofelia F\u00eerte<\/em>
\nIn figuration:\u00a0 Gheorghe Iernea, Nicu Seg\u0103rceanu, Alexandru Luca, Cristian Seg\u0103rceanu, Florin Codila, Istvan Kovacs<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPrompter: Iuliana Chelu
\nLighting: Iosif Balogh, Sorin Precup
\nSound: Sorin Domide<\/p>\n