Henrik Ibesen’s “Catiline” to be read

Iran Theater-The first play of Henrik Ibesen- Catiline- will be script reading at City Theater Complex.

“Catiline” directed and translated by Yasaman Talebi will be script reading on Sunday 19 May.

 

Catiline or Catilina was Henrik Ibsen's first play. It was written during winter 1848–49[1] and first performed under Ibsen's name on 3 December 1881 at the Nya Teatern (New Theater), Stockholm, Sweden. The first performance of Catilina in Norway not under Ibsen's pseudonym (Brynjolf Bjarme) was at Det Nye Teater in Oslo on 24 August 1935.

The main character in this historical drama is the noble Roman Lucius Catilina, based on the historical figure of Catiline. He is torn between two women, his wife Aurelia and the Vestal virgin Furia. As characteristic of Ibsen's early work, the play is in blank verse.

Although Catiline may not be among Ibsen's best plays, it foreshadows many of the themes found in his later works. Catilina, full of doubts and torn between love and duty, is similar to protagonists in John Gabriel Borkman and The Master Builder.

This performance is free of charge.

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