Costache Caragiale

Costache Caragiale (born March 29, 1815, Bucharest, Walachia, Ottoman Empire [now in Romania]—died Feb. 13, 1877, Bucharest, Rom.) was an actor-manager who helped to encourage the development of a unique Romanian drama. Caragiale made his stage debut in 1835 in Bucharest, and in 1838 he organized a theatre of contemporary drama in Iași (now Jassy). During the next 15 years he worked with regional theatres, notably those in Iași, Botoșani, and Craiova, where he promoted...