Grigore Manolescu

He entered the Conservatory in 1871 under Ștefan Vellescu,[2] who was initially reluctant to admit the youth, perceiving a disproportionate body and defects of diction.

[3] Manolescu made his debut in 1873, in the play Un bal din lumea mare, in the troupe of Matei Millo, at the Bossel Theatre.

In 1878, he made his debut at the National Theatre Bucharest, in the role of Quintus Fabius Maximus, in Rome vaincue by Dominique-Alexandre Parodi.

[2] Manolescu himself translated a French edition of Hamlet into prose; its “efficient dialogue”, “suggestive phrasing” and “fluency of speech” made it suitable for performance.

[2] His final season began that autumn: wracked by cancer, he managed to perform some of his older roles at Bucharest, Iași and elsewhere in Western Moldavia.