Director: Zoltán Balázs

Just as the Italians have Dante, the English have Shakespeare, the Spanish have Cervantes, the Germans Goethe, geniuses whose work sums up an era and the soul of a nation, for the French La Fontaine is one of the great writers who are truly representative of national psychology, apparently harmless author of fables, but, in fact, one of the most lucid and relentless critics of society of his time.

Jean de La Fontaine (1621 – 1695) creates an original work of extraordinary variety and vitality, full of humor and wisdom, constituting both a panorama of human vices and defects, of social injustice and oppression, as well as a compendium of a morality based on common sense, temperance and caution.

The verve, naturalness, irony and humor of these little spiritual masterpieces, in which evolve allegorical characters, chosen especially from the animal kingdom, remain valid even today, although they were written almost three centuries ago. The relationships between men and women, with their secrets, are also reflected in this kaleidoscope, “a grand comedy in one hundred different acts, on the stage of the universe", as La Fontaine himself defined his work.

The versatile and multifaceted artistic language of Zoltán Balázs offers the audience a complex theatrical experience, in which movement and music are elevated to the same level as words.

Players:

Conrad Mericoffer
Alina Berzunțeanu
Mădălina Ciotea
Sabrina Iașchevici
Ioana Mărcoiu
Crina Mureșan
Cătălina Mustață
Paula Niculiță
Simona Popescu

Creators:

Adaptation: Zoltán Balázs
Costumes and set design: Constantin Ciubotariu
Selection of music: Zoltán Balázs
Movement: Zoltán Balázs

Premiere: 03. 11. 2022. Odeon Theatre, Main Stage, Bucharest, Romania

Duration: 85 minutes