Costache Caragiale was a Romania

Romania

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n actor and theatre manager who had an important role in the development of the Romanian theatre.

Born in Bucharest

Bucharest

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, Wallachia

Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...

, he made his stage debut in 1835 and, in 1838, organized a theatre company in Iaşi

Iasi

Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...

, Moldavia

Moldavia

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, which became part of the first Romanian National Theatre

Iaşi National Theatre

The Iaşi National Theatre in Iaşi, Romania, is the oldest national theatre and one of the most prestigious theatrical institutions in Romania...

. He worked in many Romanian regional theatres, especially in Iaşi, Craiova

Craiova

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 and Botoşani

Botosani

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, and encouraged the usage of plays by Romanian dramatists of the day, especially those of Vasile Alecsandri

Vasile Alecsandri

Vasile Alecsandri was a Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat. He collected Romanian folk songs and was one of the principal animators of the 19th century movement for Romanian cultural identity and union of Moldavia and Wallachia....

 and Constantin Negruzzi

Constantin Negruzzi

Constantin Negruzzi was a Romanian poet, novelist, translator, playwright and politician.Born in Trifeştii Vechi, Moldavia, he studied at home with a Greek teacher. He admitted in a later article that he learnt Romanian by himself, from a book written by Petru Maior...

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