Radu Beligan

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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 the great 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)

[edit] 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 Teatrul Naţional (National Theatre)

[edit] 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 Inspector General 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