Hans's Wife
Hans’s Wife
or What Would an Angel be Doing in a Town Like This?
Dramatisation by Ion Sapdaru, inspired by Nichita Danilov’s prose
Cast:
Hans’s wife 1 – Haruna Condurache
Hans’s wife 2, An Aunt – Brânduşa Aciobăniţei
Hans’s wife 3, An Aunt – Diana Ignat Chirilă
A Blind woman, Hans’s mother, The Teacher – Petronela Grigorescu
Varvara, The Gypsy woman – Anne Marie Chertic
A Niece, A Stranger – Oana Sandu
An Elderly woman – Silvia Popa
Hans – Cosmin Maxim
Bikinski – Constantin Puşcaşu
Lascăr – Teodor Corban
Satanovici – Doru Aftanasiu
Daud – Florin Mircea
Big Hans, A Stranger – Emil Coşeru
Orlando, The Policeman, Hristofor – Călin Chirilă
The Yellow ear, Papil, A Blind man – Octavian Jighirgiu
The Mayor, Uncle Nichita – Daniel Busuioc
A Blind man – Dumitru Năstruşnicu
Hans the Old, A Neighbour – Gelu Zaharia
A Photographer, A neighbour, The Hansom driver – Vlad Baba
The Councillor, A neighbour – Codrin Dănilă
A Child who coughs – Andreea Burdea
A Child who coughs – Bianca Maria Stan
A Child who coughs – Călin Aftanasiu Andrei
Directed by Ion Sapdaru
Stage design: Gelu Rîşcă
Costumes: Alina Dincă Puşcaşu
Original music: Cezar Antal
Stage movement: Oana Sandu
Coach: Adi Afteni
Puppet master: Ciprian Huţanu
Hans’s Wife or What Would an Angel be Doing in a Town Like This? was wrought in prose by Nichita Danilov and re-wrought for the stage by Ion Sapdaru.
Director Ion Sapdaru, scenographer Gelu Rîşcă and costume designer Alina Dincă Puşcaşu rebuild within the sentimental geography of Iasi a world inhabited by miraculous characters who are at the same time alive, revealing lucid meanings and signs. A show with echoes of dream and allegory, replete with improbable images. A quarrel between the real and the imagined, amplified by the magic of theatre.
Duration: 2 hours (with intermission).
