Vasile Alecsandri - ein Vergessener? Kann man Kleintheater von Anno 1843-1870 wieder auf die Bühne bringen?
Vasile Alecsandri - A Forgotten Writer? Is It Possible to bring Short Theatre from 1843-1870 on Stage?

Vasile Alecsandri - A Forgotten Writer? Is It Possible to bring Short Theatre from 1843-1870 on Stage?

Summary/Abstract: Vasile Alecsandri (1821-1890) is an established personality in the Romanian literature. Unfortunately, a great part of his work has been forgotten by the large public. This holds true also for his comedies and vaudevilles, which were extremely popular in the 19th century. This presentation proves that these comedies are not mere occasions for entertainment, but also documents on the transformations which took place in the society and mentality of Moldavia of the 19th century, especially in the world of the village. In comedies we find elements of modernisation (with its burlesque aspects): getting rid of the old elites, the emancipation of peasants and gipsies, the coming in of some professional minorities from abroad. Like in towns, especially in Iasi, the capital of Moldavia, in villages too a multiethnic and multilingual society was born. This is evident in the intermingled arias and dialogues from Alecsandri's plays. They are written in Romanian, Greek, French, German, Turkish, Russian, Armenian and in Romanes. Making use of these languages or only of fragments written in them proves both their being known partially by the population in the Moldavian villages and also the peaceful cohabitation of Moldavians with the old and new ethnic groups. In his comedies, Alecsandri offered a model of peaceful cohabitation of various ethnic groups in the Moldavian villages, which did not exclude the caricatures proper to the literary species of comedy and to their characteristic personages. In this multilingual society, which was lively and active, in which tolerance is predominant, Alecsandri's plays remain of contemporary relevance.

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