Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s “ Romulus the Great” will be read on stage

Iran Theater- Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s “ Romulus the Great” will be read on stage for second time at Iran Tamasha Theater Hall on Friday, August, 23.

Meghdad Eslami directs the performance. He along Mohabat Darafarin, Amin Akbari Nasab, Afshin Qiasi,Soheil Saaie,Kaveh Marhemati will read the roles.

Dr. Hamidreza Afshar is the consultant.

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of left-wing Swiss writers.

His first major success was the play Romulus the Great. Set in the year A.D. 476, the play explores the last days of the Roman Empire, presided over, and brought about by its last emperor, Romulus. The Visit (Der Besuch der alten Dame, 1956) is a grotesque fusion of comedy and tragedy about a wealthy woman.