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Who at the beginning of his career had the opportunity to establish a solid friendship with the legendary Toma Caragiu was very loved and appreciated by the people of Constanza.
“Nea Alecu”, as the inhabitants of the Black Sea coast called him, was also appreciated by the local administration and had been made an honorary citizen of Constanța.
In fact, on Monday, September 21, at the Municipal Council meeting, he was going to receive a piece of land in the city, along with other honorary citizens of Constanța.
“Poor Alecu! The whole city loved him,” was the reaction of a lady who appreciated his activity, but whose identity we cannot reveal.
“Today we say goodbye, with regret and tender memories, to ALEXANDRU MEREUȚĂ, the longest-serving actor at the Constanța State Theater.
Sweet, talkative, always ready to recite a poem or tell a meaningful story, Nea Alecu, as all her friends called her, was a wealthy man.
Born in June 1927, in 1952 he graduated from IATCIL Caragiale, Bucharest, in the class of Professor Nicolae Băltățeanu.
He came to Constance in 1960, after playing for eight years in Bucharest and Bârlad. In the latter city he was director of the VIPopa theater for several years.
“In Constance, Mereuţă made an impressive gallery of characters, especially elderly people full of picturesqueness and sensitivity, wise and wise, gentle, sentimental and warm,” wrote Georgeta Mărtoiu, literary secretary, witness to the lives and creations of most of the actors . old theater.
In addition to the memorable roles he played, including Ianke de Tache, Ianke and Cadâr, Nae Ipingescu from A Stormy Night, Georges de Gaiţele and many others, Alexandru Mereuţă was constantly concerned with directing, directing the play Muşcata din window, providing guidance to the amateurs and providing steering assistance repeatedly.
In his last years of acting, he performed, also on the stage of the State Theater Constanța, in Dionysos, Scaiul, Trei surori and Escrocii.
May God forgive you, rest you and be a part of it in heaven! Condolences to the grieving family! “Transmitted the direction of the Constanza State Theater.
Photo: Alexandru Mereuţă
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