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Costache Caragiale
Costache Caragiale (29 March 1815 - 13 February 1877) was an actor and manager that had an important role in the development of the Romanian theatre .
Born in Bucharest, he made his stage debut ther in 1835 and soon, in 1838, he organized a theatre in Iaşi. He worked at many Romanian regional theatres, especially in Iaşi, Craiova and Botoşani and encouraged the plays of the Romanian dramatists of the age, especially Vasile Alecsandri and Constantin Negruzzi . Between 1852 and 1855, he was the first director of the National Theatre of Bucharest .
He also wrote a few comedies, such as "O repetiţie moldovenească" (1844) and "O soare la mahala".
His nephew, Ion Luca Caragiale is widely considered the best Romanian playwright. His younger brother, Iorgu Caragiale was also an actor and theatre director.
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