Akbar Zanjanpour: After a long time I saw a real show

Iran Theater-Akbar Zanjanpour,veteran stage actor and director watched “ A Man Named Dyke” directed by Mehdi Mayai at  City Theater Complex.

 Some special guests watched the show at the second night of “A Man Named Dyke” performance

 The guest include Akbar Zanjanpour, Shaghayegh Dehghan, Jamshid Shah Mohamadi, Alireza Ghafari, Rasoul Najafian, Qasem Zareh,Mahmoud Jafari.

zanjnpour said: "We cannot immediately  comment on the shows  when we watch it.”

 He added:”These days, we are watching the shows that are no longer theater, and I do not know what they are!" He continued:” The positive point of displaying a "man named Dyke" was that we saw a real theater, and I am very happy about it. "

“ A Man Named Dyke” is  based on The Valiant , a one-act play from the 1920s by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass. It became a popular play for local theater groups, and is still performed today.

The play was copyrighted in 1920and first appeared in McClure's magazine in 1921. It first appeared on the stage about 1924, and first appeared on Broadway (for one night) in 1926. Running with success on vaudeville (with Bert Lytell), it was made into a film of the same name in 1929 starring Paul Muni, and as The Man Who Wouldn't Talk in 1940. The play became a favorite for amateur and local theater groups.