14 May 2004
Scapin’s
deceits have to be taken seriously! This is the only way to truly enjoy them. The
play’s savagery is astounding. Traditionally it is regarded as a simple, easy
comedy. This time though not this view is the dominant one. It and the comedy
of it is fueled by the undulation of human relationships and passions, but
without the whole affair being easy, light and petulant. At the end even Scapin
himself dies – or is he faking it? Nobody knows. So let him die then, and let us
rejoice! No other comedy features death – even if it is faked – as the plot’s
solution. What a strange idea!
Scapin
Argante
Geronte
Octave, Argante’s son
Jácint, Geronte’s daughter
Zerbinette, Argante’s daughter
Leander, Geronte’s son
Silvester
Fishseller girl
Dramaturgy:
Sebestyén Rita Júlia
Coreographer:
Liviu Matei
Set and costume design:
Cristian Gătina
Directed by: Béres László