Mehregan Hall to home “Queens of France”

Queens of France is a play by Thornton Wilder and directed by Zahra Katirai, which will be staged at the Mehregan Theater Hall from June 10 to July 11 at 8:30 PM.

                             

Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes—for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth — and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day.

The events of Queens of France are related to the events after the French Revolution. In New Orleans in 1869, M'su Cahusac, a charlatan of a lawyer, preys on vulnerable women, convincing each one that she is a legitimate descendant of the long-lost Dauphin, who fled Paris for New Orleans at the age of 10 during the French Revolution. Therefore, he tells each victim, she is the rightful Queen of France. Tantalized by visions of wealth, palaces and power, each victim responds in her own fashion to this preposterous revelation, which the lawyer claims is supported by the Historical Society of Paris.

 

Producer and Production Manager: Majid Yarandipour, Director: Zahra Katiraei, cast: Alireza Shoaei, Fatemeh Zamani, Zahra Katiraei, Yashar Khamseh, Diana Baba Azami, Seyedeh Sara Hosseini, Consulter : Mehdi Zareh, Assistant Director and Stage Secretary: Saeedeh Sarlak, light assistant: Rahi Ali Balaei, Stage Manager: Mohammad Tawab Akbari, Public Relations: Saeedeh Sarlak, Form Designer: Hassan Shafiei, Teaser Production: Amir Hossein Rokni, Artistic Director: Atefeh Akbari, Coordinator: Kambiz Nikoamiz, Financial Manager: Nasrin Maleki, Technical Manager: Rahi Ali Balaei, Photographer and Cinematographer: Mohsen Afkhami, Media Consultant: Mohammad Hossein Abdollahi.