Costache Caragiale (29 March1815 - 13 February1877) 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.
Caragiale was one of Romania's preeminent playwrights and among the most important literary figures in his country's history.
Caragiale enjoyed a few minor successes during his lifetime, but his work was often plagued by government censorship and even legal woes, not to mention a generally tepid response from the public.
Caragiale came from a family well acquainted with the stage: his father, a lawyer, had once worked as an actor, and two uncles remained in that profession.
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