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Do you like Piersic? How about Radu Beligan? If you do, then you must see the play “Strangers in the Night”, a performance which still ranks among the first for theatregoers, a true masterpiece directed by the great artist Radu Beligan.

Its protagonists are Florin Piersic, who doesn’t need any other introduction and Medeea Marinescu – an extremely valuable actress for her generation, whose interpretation of the role will blend perfectly with the unique and remarkable acting of the master “Mărgelatu.”

In the play Strangers in the Night, Florin Piersic plays the role of Pierre, a man in his prime, who after a night spent in a bar, is taken home by Julietta (Medeea Marinescu), a beautiful young woman. She knows who he is and that is exactly why she wants to accompany him to his apartment and he is the one to find out something that night that will change his life forever. But up until revealing the big secret, Julietta first confesses she is a prostitute and asks for money, then that in fact she is a reporter and she’s making inquiries regarding her next article, all these twists being meant to reveal to us who the two characters really are.

With this play, Florin Piersic re-entered the theatre world and he even confessed that he feels younger every time he acts a part. The play suits him, it’s a romantic comedy full of twists, lies, seduction and a lesson about the way time changes us. Pierre is the man who feels he didn’t accomplish everything he wanted in life and Julietta is the woman who wants to get what she set her mind on, to get back that part of life she lost when she was young. Their paths cross because both want something from the other, which leads them to other secrets in need of revealing.

The play is fascinating, but not only because the name Florin Piersic appears on the playbill. The reason is that the performance is a masterpiece, a play which makes you wait breathlessly for whatever is next, for what they are going to say and how it will all play out. And this is a very important thing when it comes to theatre, because there should never be enough time for one to get bored while inside the auditorium.

Duration: 2 hours

Price/ticket: 100 RON

Translated by: Bianca-Lidia Zbarcea

MTTLC, University of Bucharest