Margareta Niculescu

Born in Iași, Kingdom of Romania, Niculescu discovered a puppetry troupe that considered its art theatrical and directed accordingly its projects.

The puppet theater at that time was neither structured nor professionalized in Romania; instead small groups of artists drew their characters from folk tradition.

[1] At the same era, the Romanian Communist Party took power and abolished the monarchy, proclaiming the People's Republic of Romania on December 30, 1947.

In this new field Niculescu began studies at the Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC), and then became director at the Țăndărică Theater of Bucharest.

[1][2][3][4] As director, she received the Erasmus Prize on behalf of the group in 1978, when it was recognized for being "a colourful and imaginative theatre that has had a fertile influence on post-war puppetry".