Nationality Romanian Nieces Lenci Caragiali Role Actor | Name Costache Caragiale | |
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Siblings Iorgu Caragiale, Luca Caragiale People also search for Iorgu Caragiale, Luca Caragiale, Ion Luca Caragiale | ||
Occupation actor, theatre manager | ||
„O repetiție moldovenească” de Costache Caragiale, cu Ștefan Iordache în rolul principal
Costache Caragiale ([kosˈtace karaˈd͡ʒjale]; March 29, 1815 – February 13, 1877) was a Romanian actor and theatre manager who had an important role in the development of the Romanian theatre.
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- O repetiie moldoveneasc de Costache Caragiale cu tefan Iordache n rolul principal
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Born in Bucharest, Wallachia, he made his stage debut in 1835 and, in 1838, organized a theatre company in Iaşi, Moldavia, which became part of the first Romanian National Theatre. He worked in many Romanian regional theatres, especially in Iaşi, Craiova and Botoşani, and encouraged the usage of plays by Romanian dramatists of the day, especially those of Vasile Alecsandri and Constantin Negruzzi. Between 1852 and 1855, Costache Caragiale was the first director of the National Theatre of Bucharest.
He also wrote a few comedies, such as O repetiţie moldovenească - "A Moldavian Rehearsal" (1844) and O soaré la mahala ("A Soiree in the Neighbourhood").
He is the uncle of Ion Luca Caragiale, a Romanian playwright. His younger brother Iorgu Caragiale was also an actor and theatre director.