Costache Caragiale

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Costache Caragiale (March 29, 1815—February 13, 1877) was a Romanian actor and theatre manager who had an important role in the development of the Romanian theatre.

Born in Bucharest, Wallachia, he made his stage debut in 1835 and, in 1838, organized a theatre company in Iaşi, Moldavia. He worked in many Romanian regional theatres, especially in Iaşi, Craiova and Botoşani, and encouraged the usage of plays by Romanian dramatists of the day, especially those of Vasile Alecsandri and Constantin Negruzzi. Between 1852 and 1855, Costache Caragiale was the first director of the National Theatre of Bucharest.

He also wrote a few comedies, such as O repetiţie moldovenească - "A Moldavian Rehearsal" (1844) and O soaré la mahala ("A Soiree in the Neighbourhood").

His nephew Ion Luca Caragiale is widely considered the best Romanian playwright. His younger brother Iorgu Caragiale was also an actor and theatre director.

[edit] Works

• Scrieri a lui Costache Caragiale, 1840
• Epistolă către Grigore Alexandrescu, 1841
• Leonil sau Ce produce dispreţul, 1841
• O repetiţie moldovenească sau Noi şi iar Noi, 1844, comedie
• O soaré la mahala sau Amestecul de dorinţi, comedie
• Îngâmfata plăpumăreasă sau Cucoană sunt
• Doi coţcari sau Feriţi-vă de răi ca de foc
• Învierea morţilor
• Urmarea coţcarilor
• Prologul pentru inaugurarea noului teatru din Bucureşti, (1852), 1881
• Teatrul Naţional în Ţara Românească, (1855), 1867

[edit] Translations

• Furiosul, 1840