Fear and Misery of the Third Reich in Tehran
Currently on stage at Homa Theatre in Tehran under the direction of Alireza Akhavan, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich restages Bertolt Brecht’s profound […]
Drama
English: Rice, Not Poetry
A Review of Sanaz Toossi’s play English English, the 2023 winner of Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is written by a contemporary Iranian-American playwright, Sanaz Toossi. […]
Kalat Claimed
Author: Bahram Bayzayi Translator: Manouchehr Anvar Publisher: Roshangaran (IR) Publication Date: 1984 (Persian); 2016 (English) ISBN: 978-964-194-117-0 AY BANU: [Attending to the wound] […]
Natasha Moharramzadeh’s Top Reads
Natasha Moharramzadeh was born in 1979 in the northern city of Lahijan. She holds an MA degree in Art Research from the Art University of […]
Mirza Fathali Akhundzadeh and Iranian Drama
Despite the Persian poetry, the Persian drama did not root in the ancient history of Iran. With a modern background, the history of the Persian […]
Mohammad Taghi Kahnamouee (1919 – 1984)
Mohammad-Taghi Kahnamouee (1919-1984) was born in Tehran, Iran. Having played in more than one hundred movies as a graduate of Acting High School, Kahnamouee’s activity as a writer was overshadowed.
Afra or the Day Passes: A Structuralist Reading (II)
Afra, or the Day Passes by Bahram Bayzayi (b. 1938), the prolific Iranian screenwriter, playwright and director, was published in 1998 but was only premiered […]
Afra or the Day Passes: A Structuralist Reading (I)
Afra, or the Day Passes by Bahram Bayzayi (b. 1938), the prolific Iranian screenwriter, playwright and director, was published in 1998 but was only premiered […]
Hamidreza Naeimi’s Socrates translated to French
‘Socrates’, a play by Hamidreza Naeimi, will be released in France holding Sanaz Fallah Fard’s translation, IBNA reports. It is the first artistic play of […]