Ceauşescu-play initiates discussion of Romanian revolution

After being staged in Romania and Germany, the play The Last Day of the Ceauşescus is now being staged in Switzerland. The play takes place during the Romanian revolution and deals among other things with the trial of dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena on December 25, 1989. The weekly paper Revista 22 writes: "The accuracy of detail in the room where the trial was held is spine-chilling. As soon as the actors have taken their place on stage the chess game starts. Twenty years later this three dimensional visualisation of those last moments is frightening to watch. Everything that is said, each tone, each gesture, is a mirror image that all Romanians are familiar with. Added to that are images that the camera never shot, which give a lugubrious vision of those bygone days whose consequences can still be felt today. ... This documentary play on the Ceauşescus has opened a lively debate, while the institutions that should be leading the discussion remain silent. With The Last Day of the Ceauşescus, Romanian society has finally started coming to terms with itself."

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