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The Quantum Theatre Group’s Hamlet was first performed in 2014 at the 32nd International Fadjr Theatre Festival in Tehran where it won the Best Director award for Arash Dadgar and the overall Grand Prize for best production. In 2016, the group staged the production at the Gdansk Shakespeare Festival.
Read More“This provocative dual-language adaptation of Hamlet, featuring Tony Award-nominated actor Arian Moayed, is set in Persia circa 1916, on the eve of the first World War and the arrival of the British.
Prince Hamlet returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing. With passages spoken in Farsi, this version of Shakespeare's most celebrated tragedy explores the resonance between Hamlet‘s central dilemma and the pressures of embracing or resisting Western influences – cultural, political and spiritual – both then and now. It is a searingly relevant and vibrantly fresh take on one of the most influential dramas in English literature.
The OBIE Award-Winning Revelation Readings series provides a unique opportunity to hear new classic plays performed by many of the finest actors in New York.” –description from the Red Bull website.
Read MoreThe 400th Anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare was celebrated by Tamashagan Institute of Performing Arts with an event at the Tehran Independent Theatre. The event included performances by Kalepookha company, Michael Shahrestani, Yaser Khaseb and Dr. Ghotbodin Sadeghi. During the event, Mahyar Haririchi painted Shakespeare’s portrait.
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This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
