The performance “Sebastian.” tells the story of several key moments from the (all too short) life of Mihail Sebastian. August 23, 1944: a reading and a bombing. October 18, 1944: his last birthday, more readings, and solitude. May 29, 1945: an ending that leaves behind an unfinished text, a journal, unfulfilled and unconsummated relationships, and longing. “Sebastian.” is about friendship and war, about love and fanaticism, about fragility and violence, about the intellectual petty bourgeoisie and loneliness, about political and personal excess. “Sebastian.” is about the absurdity of life.
Sebastian’s island is made up of searches, objects, a typewriter, thoughts, and Scarlat Froda, actors and actresses, loves and Zoe Ricci, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Marietta Sadova, gossip and philosophy, Leni Caler and Camil Petrescu, legionaries and communists, George Vraca, war and theatre.
Mihail Sebastian / Iosif Hechter is the island.
A moving portrait of Mihail Sebastian, where memory, history, and solitude intertwine.
A performance inspired by Insula (the unfinished text by M. Sebastian) and his personal diary, by Matei Lucaci Grünberg and Sever Bârzan
Scenography: Iuliana Vâlsan
Cast:
Liviu Pintileasa – Mihail Sebastian
Ileana Ursu – Leni Caler
Valentin Terente – Scarlat Froda
Ciprian Chiricheș – George Vraca
Sever Bârzan – Camil Petrescu
Teo Antal – Zoe Ricci
Ramona Gângă / Elena Andron – Marietta Sadova / Mama / Olimpia
The characters from Insula (Nadia, Manuel, Bobby II, The Director, The Typist, The Agent, The Landlady, The Worker) are performed in turn by each actor
Producer: Teatrul Maria Filotti Brăila
Performance in Romanian with translation into English
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