On February 24 at Sangelaj Theater Complex
Late Rokneddin Khosrawi to Be Commemorated
Iran Theater Forum will pay tribute to noted Iranian theater director and author Rokneddin Khosrawi who passed away last year in London.
Students and fans of the artist will attend the commemoration ceremony, which will take place in Tehran's Sangelaj Theater Complex at 18:30, February 24, Iran Theater reported.
A graduate of Persian literature from Tehran University, Khosrawi continued academic education in London. He directed several plays in Iran and abroad and educated many theater students.
Khosrawi staged pieces such as 'Shadow Valley Shadow', 'Silence of the Sea', 'Picnic in War Front', 'Endgame', 'Behind Windows', 'Hello & Goodbye' and 'Joan of Arc' before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
He directed 'Sizwe Bansi Is Dead' by Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard after the revolution in which Akbar Zanjanpour played an acclaimed role.
Khosrawi immigrated to London in 1981. He taught at Arak Azad University for a short time.
He dedicated 16,000 books to Iran Theater Forum before his death.