A play that addresses the inequalities between social classes and presents the vices of human beings based on August Strindberg’s play “Miss Julie” is put on at the National Theater “Mihai Eminescuˮ in Chisinau, under the direction of Luminița Țâcu. The play will have its premiere on June 29, IPN reports.
The play is set on Midsummer’s Eve and the following morning, which is Midsummer and the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist. The setting is an estate of a count in Sweden. Miss Julie is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean, who is well-traveled and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Miss Julie’s father’s manor, where Jean’s fiancée, a servant named Christine, cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk.
“Julie is a girl who was raised by her father in stables while taking care of horses, not knowing that she was actually half-woman and half-man. She hates her sex and is unable to find herself at the age of 25,” said actress Corina Rotaru.
Alexandru Pleșca plays the part of Jean. According to the actor, this play will be a good lesson for many young women who start a relationship with men. Olga Triboi, who plays the role of Christine, noted that her character is complex and contradictory. Even if the cook says she is religious, her deeds go against what she says.
Director Luminița Țâcu said August Strindberg is one of her favorite authors namely because he brings the human beings before the spectators as we are afraid or embarrassed to see them. “In the evenings the play will be presented, we will every time see a serious battle between social classes, between men and women and between feelings and emotions. In the play, we will see what happens when high-ranking people remain to stay with ordinary people,” noted the director.
The play can be seen at the National Theater “Mihai Eminescuˮ in Chisinau on June 29 and 30, starting at 6:30pm. The play will be put on also on July 2 and 4, at the same hour. The age limit is 16.
