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| Title: | History of Theater in Iran
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| Author: | Willem Floor |
| ISBN: | 0934211299 : 9780934211291 |
| Illustrations: | b/w illus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 215x280mm |
| Pages: | 340 |
| Weight: | .784 Kg. |
| Published: | Mage Publishers - June 2005 |
| List Price: | 33.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Theatre; drama: Iran |
Although most people do not speak of theatre and Iran in the same breath, dramatic expression has always been a fixture of Iranian culture. In traditional Iranian theatre, there was no real difference between high and low culture, although artists attached to the royal court and sponsored by the rich tended to be more competent than those who performed for the public at large. With the exception of religious and narrative drama, written texts were seldom used. The artists – whether comedian, mime, puppeteer, elegist or storyteller performed both in public and private spaces. The arrival of European theatre, with its reliance on a written text and normative rather than improvisatory acting, was part of the modernisation process in Iran. European theatre was introduced to the country in 1878, enjoyed a hey-day in the early years of the twentieth century, and has experienced many ups-and-downs since then. Today, it once again enjoys great popularity. At the same time, traditional theatre is being rediscovered, and playwrights are using some of its forms to develop indigenous modern Iranian theatre-- a melding of the deep past and dynamic present.
Foreword; Comic Improvisatory Drama; Puppet Drama; Narrative Drama or Dramatic Storytelling; Elegy Recitation or Marthiyeh-Khvani; Religious Epic Drama; Modern Theater; Bibliography.
