Costache Caragiale, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Costache Caragiale

Romanian actor and theatre manager

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1815

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Date of Death: 13-Feb-1877

Profession: actor, playwright

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Costache Caragiale (Romanian pronunciation: [kos'tace kara'd??jale]; 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. Born in Bucharest, Wallachia, he made his stage debut in 1835 and, in 1838, organized a theatre company in Iasi, Moldavia, which became part of the first Romanian National Theatre.
He worked in many Romanian regional theatres, especially in Iasi, Craiova and Botosani, 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 repetitie moldoveneasca - "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.