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Ștefan Vellescu
Ștefan Vellescu (December 24, 1838October 2, 1899) was a Romanian stage actor and drama teacher. Born in Craiova, he ran away from school at age 16, joining the local troupe of Costache Mihăileanu. Removed thence by his family and sent to continue his education in Bucharest, he again fled shortly afterward, appearing in minor theatrical roles. He then joined Matei Millo’s troupe at Sala Bossel. Four years later, Vellescu entered Elena Theodorini’s company at Craiova, earning plaudits in roles from ''Caterina Howard'' (Errico Petrella), ''La Dame aux Camélias'' (Alexandre Dumas fils, Alexandre Dumas ''fils''), ''Othello'' (William Shakespeare) and ''Les Filles de marbre'' (Théodore Barrière),Dimitrie R. Rosetti, ''Dicționarul contimporanilor'', pp. 191-92. Bucharest: Editura Lito-Tipografiei Populara, 1897 as well as playing the lead in Alfred de Vigny’s ''Chatterton''. Vellescu then returned to Bucharest, subsequently moving to Iași, where he played in ''Don César de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitrie Paciurea - Stefan Vellescu
Dimitrie is the Romanian form of a Slavic given name. Notable persons with that name include: ;First name * Dimitrie Alexandresco (1850–1925), Romanian encyclopedist * Dimitrie Anghel (1872–1914), Romanian poet * Dimitri Atanasescu (1836–1907), Aromanian teacher commonly referred to as Dimitrie Atanasescu * Dimitrie Bogos (1889–1946), Romanian politician * Dimitrie Bolintineanu (1819–1872), Romanian poet, diplomat, politician, and revolutionary * Dimitrie Brândză (1846–1895), Romanian botanist * Dimitrie Brătianu (1818–1892), Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania in 1881 * Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723), Prince of Moldavia * Dimitrie Călugăreanu (1868-1937), Romanian physician and naturalist * Dimitrie CărăuÅŸ (born 1892), a Bessarabian politician, member of the Moldovan Parliament (1917–1918) * Dimitrie ComÈ™a (1846-1931), Romanian agronomer and activist * Dimitrie Cornea (1816–1884), Romanian politician, and diplomat * Dimitrie Cozacovici (1790â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Barber Of Seville (play)
''The Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution'' () is a French Play (theatre), play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with original music by Antoine-Laurent Baudron. It was initially conceived as an ''opéra comique'', and was rejected as such in 1772 by the Opéra-Comique, Comédie-Italienne. The play as it is now known was written in 1773, but, due to legal and political problems of the author, it was not performed until February 23, 1775, at the Comédie-Française in the Théâtre des Tuileries, Tuileries. It is the first play in a trilogy of which the other constituents are ''The Marriage of Figaro (play), The Marriage of Figaro'' and ''The Guilty Mother''. Though the play was poorly received at first, Beaumarchais worked some fast editing of the script, turning it into a roaring success after three days. The play's title might be a pun on Tirso de Molina's earlier play ''The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest, El Burlador de Sevilla'' (''The Trickster of Seville''). Wolfg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1838 Births
Events January–March * January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange, London, Royal Exchange in London. * January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration of Morse's new invention, the telegraph. * January 21 – The first known report about the Lowest temperature recorded on Earth, lowest temperature on Earth is made, indicating in Yakutsk. * January 23 – A 1838 Vrancea earthquake, 7.5 earthquake strikes the Romanian district of Vrancea County, Vrancea causing damage in Moldavia and Wallachia, killing 73 people. * February 6 – Boer explorer Piet Retief and 60 of his men are massacred by King Dingane kaSenzangakhona of the Zulu people, after Retief accepts an invitation to celebrate the signing of a treaty, and his men willingly disarm as a show of good faith. * February 17 – Weenen massacre: Zulu impis massacre about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoikhoi and Sotho people, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest City Council
The General Council of Bucharest (Romanian: ''Consiliul General al Municipiului București'') is the legislative body of the Municipality of Bucharest, and is made up of 55 councillors elected every four years. Together with the Mayor of Bucharest and the Deputy Mayor, the General Council makes up the General City Hall of Bucharest, which is responsible for citywide affairs, such as the water system, the transport system and the main boulevards. Bucharest is also divided into six sectors, each of which has their own 27-seat Sectorial Council and Mayor, and is responsible for local area affairs, such as secondary streets, parks, schools, and the cleaning services. Structure 2024–2028 2020–2024 2021–2024 2020–2021 2016–2020 2012–2016 2008–2012 2004–2008 2007–2008 2004–2007 2000–2004 1996–2000 1992–1996 1990–1992 References {{Authority control Politics of Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristizza Romanescu
Aristizza Romanescu (December 24, 1854, Craiova – June 4, 1918, Iași) was a Romanian stage actress, active 1872–1918.George Marcu (coord.), Dicţionarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009. Life In 1911 Grigore Brezeanu was making the first Romanian films to deal with fiction. He employed Romanescu as well as other leading actors like Constantin Nottara and Elvire Popesco Elvira Popescu (; in French language, French, Elvire Popesco; 10 May 1894 – 11 December 1993) was a Romanian people, Romanian-French people, French stage and film actress and theatre director. During the 1930s and 1940s, she starred in a number .... The first two films were called "Fatal Love" and "Spin a Yarn". No copies are known of these films. References 1854 births 1918 deaths 19th-century Romanian actresses Romanian stage actresses {{stage-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Theatre Bucharest
The National Theatre Bucharest () is one of the national theatres of Romania, located in the capital city of Bucharest. Founding It was founded as the ''Teatrul cel Mare din București'' ("Grand Theatre of Bucharest") in 1852, its first director being Costache Caragiale. It became a national institution in 1864 by a decree of List of Prime Ministers of Romania, Prime Minister Mihail Kogălniceanu, and was officially named as the National Theatre in 1875; it is now administered by the Ministry of Culture (Romania), Romanian Ministry of Culture. In April 1836, the ''Societatea Filarmonica'' — a cultural society founded by Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Ion Câmpineanu — bought the Câmpinencii Inn to build a National Theatre on the site, and began to collect money and materials for this purpose. In 1840, Sfatul boieresc, Obşteasca Adunare (the legislative branch established under the terms of the Imperial Russian-approved ''Regulamentul Organic, Organic Statute'') proposed to Alexa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Brezeanu
Ion or Iancu Brezeanu (December 1, 1869–March 17, 1940) was a Romanian stage actor. His jovial figure made Brezeanu ideal for comedic roles, above all in the works of Ion Luca Caragiale, whose favorite he was. In 1888, while still a student at the Bucharest Conservatory under Ștefan Vellescu, he appeared in ''O noapte furtunoasă''. In 1898, Caragiale himself directed Brezeanu in '' O scrisoare pierdută'', where he would appear for nearly four decades. The playwright then analyzed his actor's performance in a noted critical study.Niculescu, p. 40 From 1906, at the request of Alexandru Davila, he played the tragic figure of Ion in Caragiale's ''Năpasta''. Constantin I. Nottara, who had inaugurated the role in 1890, willingly ceded it to the younger man. In all, Brezeanu interpreted nearly 200 roles, including Mogâldici from ''Viforul'' and ''Luceafărul'' by Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea (1909, 1910), the Fool in William Shakespeare’s ''King Lear'' (1910) and Șbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin I
Constantin is an Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian male given name. It can also be a surname. For a list of notable people called Constantin, see Constantine (name). See also * Constantine (name) * Konstantin The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name '' Constantinus'' ( Constantine) in some European languages, such as Bulgarian, Russian, Estonian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman empe ... References {{Reflist Aromanian masculine given names Megleno-Romanian masculine given names Romanian masculine given names Masculine given names Romanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigore Manolescu
Grigore Manolescu (March 28, 1857–July 14, 1892) was a Romanian stage actor. Born in Bucharest, Dimitrie R. Rosetti, ''DicÈ›ionarul contimporanilor'', p. 121. Bucharest: Editura Lito-Tipografiei Populara, 1897 he left his family at age 14 in order to work in the theatre. He entered the Conservatory in 1871 under Ștefan Vellescu, who was initially reluctant to admit the youth, perceiving a disproportionate body and defects of diction. Manolescu made his debut in 1873, in the play ''Un bal din lumea mare'', in the troupe of Matei Millo, at the Bossel Theatre. He acted in comedies for a time at the Walhala. In 1875, he began to appear at the IaÈ™i National Theatre. In 1878, he made his debut at the National Theatre Bucharest, in the role of Quintus Fabius Maximus, in ''Rome vaincue'' by Dominique-Alexandre Parodi. His first prominent appearance was later that year as the title character in Victor Hugo’s ''Ruy Blas''. In 1879, he performed as ''Despot Vodă'' in the play by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National University Of Music Bucharest
The National University of Music Bucharest (, UNMB) is a university-level school of music located in Bucharest, Romania. Established as a school of music in 1863 and reorganized as an academy in 1931, it has functioned as a public university since 2001. It also offered training in drama until 1950, when this function was taken over by two institutes which were later reunited as the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC). Structure The National University of Music is divided into two faculties: the Faculty of Composition, Musicology and Musical Pedagogy and the Faculty of Performing Arts. Administratively, it is divided into the Department of Scientific Research and Artistic Activities, the Department of International Relations and European Programs, the Teacher Training Department, the Music Shows Department, and the Low-Residency Program Department (''see also Education in Romania''). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Bayard
Jean-François Alfred Bayard (; 17 March 1796, Charolles, Saône-et-Loire – 20 February 1853, Paris) was a French playwright. He was the nephew of fellow playwright Eugène Scribe. Life As a law student and a lawyer's clerk, Bayard wrote with passion for the theatre and, after several attempts, had a great success at the Gymnase theatre, with ''la Reine de seize ans'' (1828, in-8°). One of the most fertile-minded and skilful vaudeville writers of his era, he made a close friendship with Eugène Scribe, often collaborating with him on plays and marrying his niece. Belonging to the school of Dancourt and Picard, he wrote with extreme ease, producing more than 200 plays for several theatres, sometimes alone, sometimes in collaboration. Many of his plays were remarked upon for their witty cheerfulness, and for not excluding sensitivity and everything else that was in vogue in the 19th century. He most often wrote vaudevilles, though he also had success with drama and even hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King John (play)
''The Life and Death of King John'' (also ''King John''), by William Shakespeare, is a history play about the reign of John, King of England (r. 1199–1216), the son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the father of Henry III. ''King John'' was written in the mid-1590s, but published in 1623 in the First Folio of Shakespeare's works. __TOC__ Characters * King John – King of England * Eleanor – the Queen mother, widow of King Henry II * Prince Henry – his son, later King Henry III * Blanche of Castile – John's niece * Earl of Essex – an English nobleman * Earl of Salisbury – an English nobleman * Earl of Pembroke – an English nobleman * Lord Bigot – Earl of Norfolk * Peter of Pomfret – a prophet * Philip Faulconbridge – also known as Philip the Bastard and Sir Richard the Plantagenet; natural son of Richard I of England * Robert Faulconbridge – his half brother; legitimate son of Sir Robert Faulconbridge * Lady Faulconbridge – their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
