 After 1965, as Vlad Mugur became its director, the theatre focused on aesthetic values, refusing the ideological and moralising line imposed by the increasingly strict Communist authorities.The performances became based on a balanced type of Modernism.In this period the National Theatre established itself as an important European theatrical institution, due to the prestigious artistic tours in Italy with performances such as "Iphigeneia in Tauris" by Euripides, "Caligula" by Albert Camus, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare.