Afshin Zamani on the play "Nightmares of prince Ejbari"
Iran Theater-Afshin Zamani’s "Nightmares of prince Ejbari" will be performed in Fadjr Iran Theater Competition. He considers his show to be a work based on Iranian historical characters with the concept of criticizing power.
A playwright and director from Tehran, Afshin Zamani compete with his new play in the review section of Iran theater competition.
"Nightmares of prince Ejbari" will be staged on Tuesday, January 23, at 18:00 and 21:00 at the Iranshahr Theater complex. “This show, which took place before Rapid or a man who had both his hands full of blood when he was born, formed a part of a trilogy based on Iranian historical characters, along with Rapid or a man...and it is a criticism of power based on a historical narrative. ” zamani says, “As you know, Iranians have unintentionally intertwined their lives with politics, so when I decided to perform a trilogy, my intention was to choose a concept that is similar to the daily life of Iranians, imbued with politics, but can be performed in any society and any historical period. Therefore, it seemed to me that the concept of criticism of power is a concept that is always open to talk about. These days I am practicing the third part of this trilogy which examines the life of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar. ”
He adapted the acclaimed novel Prince Ehtejab written by Houshang Golshiri to write the play Nightmares of Prince Ejbari, which was performed with the title Prince Ehtejab in 2018 at Hamon Theater.
Zamani said: “I went too far from Prince Ehtejab by exploring the nature of dramaturgy on the original play and only a few characters' names remained from the novel and new characters were created that changed path of the story. ”
