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Mehr News Agency (MNA), Iran
January 17, 2013 Thursday
Don Quixote, Hamlet to meet on stage at Fajr festival
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) - The Iranian stage director Maryam Motaref will
stage "The Knight and the Sword-bearer", a play on a fantasy meeting
of Don Quixote and Hamlet, during the 31st Fajr International Theater
Festival. Written by the Armenian dramatist Zorayr Khalapyan in 2003,
the play has been translated into Persian by Andranik Khochumian. A
cast of 20 actors will stage the play in two performances on January
22 at the Samandarian Hall of the Iranshahr Theater Complex. Among
the actors are Afshin Zarei, Esmaeil Bakhtiari, Reza Emami, Mehdi
Rahimi, Reza Alavi, Kambiz Talaei and Sharareh Purkhorasani. The
tragicomedy is about one of Don Quixote's adventures, during which he
meets Hamlet. Tehran's halls are currently hosting the Fajr
International Theater Festival, which runs until January 31. SB/YAW
MNA END
From: Baghdasarian
January 17, 2013 Thursday
Don Quixote, Hamlet to meet on stage at Fajr festival
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) - The Iranian stage director Maryam Motaref will
stage "The Knight and the Sword-bearer", a play on a fantasy meeting
of Don Quixote and Hamlet, during the 31st Fajr International Theater
Festival. Written by the Armenian dramatist Zorayr Khalapyan in 2003,
the play has been translated into Persian by Andranik Khochumian. A
cast of 20 actors will stage the play in two performances on January
22 at the Samandarian Hall of the Iranshahr Theater Complex. Among
the actors are Afshin Zarei, Esmaeil Bakhtiari, Reza Emami, Mehdi
Rahimi, Reza Alavi, Kambiz Talaei and Sharareh Purkhorasani. The
tragicomedy is about one of Don Quixote's adventures, during which he
meets Hamlet. Tehran's halls are currently hosting the Fajr
International Theater Festival, which runs until January 31. SB/YAW
MNA END
From: Baghdasarian