‘The Good Soldier Švejk's’ Performance to Ali Ashraf Darvishian

Hamid Reza Naimi said that the books of the late author were the voice of the oppressed and the downtrodden, regretting that the society did not praise Mr Darvishian as much as he deserved. “I hope we will read his stories to our kids from now on that he does not live among us anymore,” Naimi said, Iran Theater reported.

 

The director hoped that Iranians do not forget Mr Darvishian despite that the officials had forgotten him. 

 

‘The Good Soldier Švejk’ is a multi-character play with more than 30 actors. is among important classic novels of the world in 20th century. It is written by Jaroslav Hašek (1883 –1923), a Czech writer, humorist, satirist and journalist. ‘The Good Soldier Švejk’ is an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in World War I and a satire on the ineptitude of authority figures.

 

‘The Good Soldier Švejk’ is the story of a dog trainer who is summoned to war during the WWI. Švejk, who had been exempted from the military service because of his imbecility, decides to stop the war. 

 

 The cast and crew of the play include actors: Farhad Ayeesh, Kataneh Afsharinejad, Kambiz Amini, Reza Jahani, Amir Hossein Rostami, Mehran Ranjbar, Behnam Sharafi, Hamed Komeili, Behnaz Nazi, Bahar Nouhian, Parham Abrari, Reza Afshar, Soheil Baba-Ali, Mojtaba Babaeifard, Amin Balang, Majid Tafreshi, Kiarash Dastyari, Saeed Rostami, Mohsen Salari, Iman Solgi, Farhad Ghadimkhani, Mohammad Kamangir, Sina Kowaei, Ali Golshani, Saleh Lavasani, Mohammad Moshtaghi, Ata Moghimi, Mohammadnejad, Mohammad Niazi and Saeed Hashemi, set designer: Reza Mahdizadeh, costume designer: Edna Zeinalian, make-up designer: Maria Hajiha, lighting designer: Reza Heydari, music: Alireza Abdolkarimi, assistant director, planner and production director: Mohammad Goudarz Ziani, set director: Ali Asadi and media advisor: Aida Orang

 

The piece is being performed every day at 21:00 at Vahdat Hall. Hamid Reza Naimi is its director and Noreddin Haydari Maher the director of the plan.