“The Maids” to restage at Tehran theater

 Maryam Shirazi has been rehearsing over the past few months to be one of the groups that would be able to obtain officials’ approval to perform after the government eased pandemic curbs.

The first performance was held on Saturday evening and they will continue until December 31.

Negar Afrashteh, Yeganeh Malekmohammadi, Mohammad Javadi, Nahid Mohammadi, Farhad Sharifi and Mahan Ebdati are the member of the cast.

Solange and Claire are two housemaids who construct elaborate sadomasochistic rituals when their mistress (Madame) is away. 

The focus of their role-playing is the murder of Madame and they take turns portraying both sides of the power divide. Their deliberate pace and devotion to detail guarantees that they always fail to actualize their fantasies by ceremoniously "killing" Madame at the ritual's dénouement.

It was first performed at the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris in a production that opened on April 17, 1947, which Louis Jouvet directed.