Radu Beligan

Radu Beligan is a Romanian actor from Bacău County, Romania. He was born in Galbeni commune on December 14, 1918.

He has had a rich career in theatre, film, television, and radio, playing several celebrated roles by major Romanian playwrights (Ion Luca Caragiale, Barbu Ştefănescu Delavrancea, Camil Petrescu, Tudor Muşatescu, Mircea Ştefănescu, Victor Ion Popa, Victor Eftimiu, Mihail Sebastian, Aurel Baranga, Mirodan) and the universally known Shakespeare, Goldoni, Gogol, Anton Chekhov, George Bernard Shaw, Gorki, Albert Camus, Jules Romains, Eugen Ionescu, Jean Anouilh, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Edward Albee, Peter Schaffer, Patrick Süskind, Neil Simon, and Umberto Eco)

Career

He began his artistic career at the "Muncă şi Lumină" Theatre ("The Work and Light Theatre") in Bucharest. He later appeared in the play "Alhambra" and at Bucharest's Teatrul Naţional (National Theatre).

-Professor at the "Institutul de Teatru şi Film" ("The Institute of Theatre and Film") in Bucharest

-Director of the "Teatrul de Comedie" ("Comedy Theatre") in Bucharest.

-Director of the National Theatre Bucharest

Activity as theater actor

* 2004 "The Egoist" by Jean Anouilh, directed by Radu Beligan
* 2001 "Take, Ianke and Cadîr" by Victor Ion Popa, directed by Grigore Gonţa
* 1998 "The Name of the Rose" adapted from Umberto Eco, directed by Grigore Gonţa
* 1998 "Night Asilum" by Maxim Gorki, directed by Ion Cojar
* 1998 "Pork Chops" by Bertrand Blier, directed by Gelu Colceag
* 1997 "Supper" by Jean-Claude Brinsville
* 1997 "The Sunshine Boys" by Neil Simon, directed by Ion Lucian
* 1995 "Danaidae", directed by Silviu Purcărete
* 1994 "Harvey (play)" by Mary Chase, directed by Tudor Mărăscu
* 1990 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee, directed by Mircea Cornişteanu
* 1989 "Legacy" by Titus Popovici, directed by Horea Popescu and Mihai Manolescu
* 1987 "Double Bass" by Patrick Süskind, directed by Grigore Gonţa
* 1984 "Hollywood Story" by Neil Simon, directed by Grigore Gonţa
* 1982 "Amadeus" by Peter Schaffer, directed by Dinu Cernescu
* 1981 "Filumena Marturano" by Eduardo De Filippo
* 1980 "Caligula" by Albert Camus, directed by Horea Popescu
* 1977 "Romulus the Great" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by Sanda Manu
* 1976 "A Woman's Life" by A.Baranga, directed by A.Baranga
* 1976 "Richard III" by William Shakespeare, directed by Horea Popescu
* 1974 "Danton" by Camil Petrescu, directed by Horea Popescu
* 1973 "Pathetic Simphony" by A.Baranga, directed by A.Baranga
* 1973 "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" by Neil Simon, directed by Mihail Berechet
* 1971 "Holiday Games" by Mihail Sebastian, directed by Mihai Berechet
* 1970 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee, directed by Michel Făgădău
* 1969 "Transplant of an Unknown Heart" by Al. Mirodan, directed by Moni Ghelerter
* 1968 "The Killer" by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Lucian Giurchescu
* 1967 "Public Opinion" by Aurel Baranga, directed by Mihai Berechet
* 1966 "The Duck Head" by G. Ciprian, directed by David Esrig
* 1964 "Rhinoceros" by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Lucian Giurchescu
* 1963 "Head of the Department of Souls" by Al. Mirodan, directed by Moni Ghelerter
* 1962 "The Trial of Mr. Caragiale" by M. Ştefănescu, directed by David Esrig
* 1961 "Famous 702" by Al. Mirodan, directed by Moni Ghelerter
* 1959 "Valley of the Cookoo" by Mihai Beniuc, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1958 "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare, directed by Moni Ghelerter
* 1958 "Invitation to the Castle" by Jean Anouilh, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1958 "Enemies" by Maxim Gorki, directed by Alexandru Finţi
* 1958 "The Black Years" by Aurel Baranga, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1957 "Recipe for Happiness or What People Don't Talk About" by Aurel Baranga, directed by Marietta Sadova
* 1957 "The Tyrants" by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1956 "Sunset" by Barbu Ştefănescu Delavrancea, directed by Marietta Sadova, Mihail Zirra
* 1956 "The Journalists" by Al. Mirodan, directed by Moni Ghelerter
* 1955 "A Personal Matter" by Alexandr Stein, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1954 "Rabid Lamb" by Aurel Baranga, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1954 "Platon Krecet" by Alexandr Korneiciuk, directed by Alex Finţi
* 1953 "Breaking News" by Mihail Sebastian, directed by Moni Ghelerter
* 1952 "Moments" by Ion Luca Caragiale, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1952 "The Government Inspector" by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1952 "Matei Millo" by Mircea Ştefănescu, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1952 "Lad from Our Town" by Konstantin Simonov, directed by Vlad Mugur
* 1951 "Of The Carnival" by Ion Luca Caragiale, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1949 "A Stormy Night" by Ion Luca Caragiale, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1949 "Bad Weed" by Aurel Baranga, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1949 "The Three Sisters" by Anton Chekhov, directed by Moni Ghelerter
* 1948 "A Lost Letter" by Ion Luca Caragiale, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1948 "Confrontation" by Tur and Lev Seinin, directed by Moni Ghelerter
* 1948 "The Great Power" by Romaşov, directed by N. Dinescu
* 1947 "Three Months of Love" by Michel Duran, directed by Mircea Şeptilici
* 1947 "Class 8B" by Roger Ferdinand, directed by Ionel Ţăranu
* 1947 "Family's Shame" adapted from Ronald Harwood, directed by Ion Talianu
* 1947 "Helen, Tommy and Joe" by James Thurbar and Elliott Nugent, directed by Marietta Sadova
* 1946 "Vis de secătură" by Mircea Ştefănescu, directed by W. Siegfried
* 1946 "Life Starts Tomorrow" by M.G. Sauvajon, directed by Val Mugur
* 1946 "Rocket to the Moon" by Clifford Odets, directed by Marietta Sadova
* 1946 "Spring Has Come" by John Van Druten, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1945 "Kiss Me Immediately" by Tudor Muşatescu and V.Timuş after J. Vaszari, directed by Ion Talianu
* 1945 "Knock" by Jules Romains, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1945 "A Kidnapped Woman" by Louis Verneuil, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1944 "Cardboard Lover" by Jacques Deval, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1944 "The Man Who Has Seen Death" by Victor Eftimiu, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1944 "The Doctor's Dilemma" by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1944 "I Dreamed of Paradise" by Guido Cantini, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1944 "A Money Man" by George S. Kaufman, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1943 "Love is a Lonely Child" by Tudor Muşatescu after Schwartz and Lengbach, directed by M.Anghelescu
* 1943 "Boarding House of Love" by Al. Kiriţescu, N.Vlădoianu and Soare Z. Soare, directed by Soare Z. Soare
* 1943 "I Don't Drink Anymore" by De Flers and Caillavet, directed by Soare Z. Soare
* 1943 "The Unnamed Star" by Mihail Sebastian, directed by Soare Z.Soare
* 1942 "Poor Jonathan" by Karl Millöcker
* 1942 "Chocolate Lady" by Paul Gavault, directed by Ion Şahighian
* 1942 "Sextet" by Gregor Schmitt, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1940 "Titanic Waltz" by Tudor Muşatescu, directed by Tudor Muşatescu
* 1940 "I Feel Sorry for Myself" by André Mouezy-Eon and Jean Guitton, directed by Ion Sava
* 1940 "City with no Lawyers" by Nicolae Manzari, directed by Ion Iancovescu
* 1940 "The Beautiful Adventure" by De Fleurs, Caillavet & Ray, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
* 1940 "Smiling Man" by Luigi Bonelli and Aldo de Benedetti, directed by Ion Şahighian
* 1939 "Magic Horse" by Gherardo Gherardi, directed by Ion Iancovescu
* 1939 "Close to the Sky" by Julien Luchaire, directed by Aurel Ion Maican
* 1939 "The Extra" by Alfred Savoir, directed by Ion Iancovescu
* 1939 "Miss Butterfly" by Tudor Muşatescu after Tibor Varady, directed by Tudor Muşatescu
* 1938 "Jedermann" by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, directed by Victor Ion Popa
* 1938 "Merry Days after the War" by Mihail Sadoveanu after Eugène Labiche, directed by Victor Ion Popa
* 1938 "Quadrature of the Circle" by V. Katsiev, directed by Victor Ion Popa
* 1938 "Young Age" by Swarkin, directed by Muratov/M.Anghelescu
* 1937 "Fisher of Shadows" by Jean Sarment, directed by Sergiu Dumitrescu
* 1937 "The Plague" by Ion Marin Sadoveanu
* 1937 "Crime and Punishment" after Fyodor Dostoevsky, by Gaston Bary, directed by Mihai Zirra

External links

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* [http://tnb.kappa.ro/Beligan.html Radu Beligan page at the "I.L. Caragiale National Theater"]