Naimi: Late Playwright Will Forever Shine in Iran Theater

Hamid Reza Naimi, director of ‘The Good Soldier Švejk's’, said after the performance that Iran’s history of modern theater is short but name of some artists who made many sacrifices in the path to promote theater in the country would forever shine, Iran Theater reported.      

He added that one these artists whose name would be etched in the history of Iran theater was Akbar Radi and dedicated the performance to the late playwright.

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.