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AMPHITRYON

 

by Molière
translated to Romanian by Victor Eftimiu și Petru Manoliu


director: Silviu Purcărete
set and costume design: Dragoș Buhagiar
music: Vasile Șirli
assistant director: Tudor Lucanu
musical training: Incze G. Katalin
second assistant director: Tudor Antofie


Cast:
Mercur: Cristian Grosu
The Night: Romina Merei
Jupiter: Ionuț Caras
Amphitryon: Matei Rotaru
Alcmena: Sânziana Tarța
Cleantis: Irina Wintze
Sosì: Cătălin Herlo
Chorus: Petre Băcioiu, Ruslan Bârlea, Patricia Brad, Cătălin Codreanu, Radu Dogaru, Ramona Dumitrean, Elena Ivanca, Diana-Ioana Licu, Cecilia Lucanu-Donat, Angelica Nicoară, Cosmin Stănilă


stage manager: Vlad Negrea
lights technician: Jenel Moldovan, Mădălina Mânzat
sound technician: Marius Rusu
sound assistant: Vasile Crăciun
prompter: Irina Barbir


photo for the poster: Claudiu Guraliuc


In Amphitryon, different comical modes intersect to highlight the romantic plot. There is a constant, well-exploited tension between the text's comical nature and the moral, serious subtextual implications. Seduction, adultery and jealousy alternate and produce diverse rhythms, while the gods' passions and the mortals' weaknesses are commented on in a playful manner, which progresses toward irony and solemnity. The choir channels the ambiguous motivations of the main characters, generating an impeccable oscillatory dance between friendly complicity and obvious hostility. The story is simple: Jupiter (Ionuț Caras), the supreme god, who is used to satisfying his erotic whims by any means necessary, turns into Amphitryon (Matei Rotaru), in order to seduce his beautiful wife, Alcmena (Sânziana Tarța). As a result of the ensuing battle of the egos, the woman ends up at the mercy of the superior entities, both divine and human, who are actually disputing the property rights to her existence.
 

"The question is: who am I and who is the other? What's the difference between us? What makes me unique to my partner? But these are questions that have no exact answer. They are light subjects for meditation. Light, because they are framed as a comedy. [...] The show is a sketch of the actual play, an unfinished sketch, which was generated by the team, of course, since this is where everything began." 

Silviu Purcărete


 




Opening date: Sunday, May 28 2023

Main stage
14+
1 h 30 min.
 

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