Naser Hosseini Mehr: “Mauser” Is Full of Invectives like Other Heiner Müller’s Works

Iran Theatre- Naser Hosseini Mehr  who is practicing on “Mauser” play of Heiner Müller after performing “Hameletmachine” and “Hercules 5” which were his works too said about him: “Translation and performance of Heiner Müller is not easy because understanding his text is under the layers and need to knowledge about Democratic German history and East Block. Heiner Müller emphasized on complicated relations of dictator governments, so his works are full of invectives and anger and his scenes has no calmness.”

He explained that “Mauser” was a type of weapon which was common in 20^th century and continued: “The play was written in 1970, when Muller wrote “Mauser” its publication and performance was banned because he revealed anger of Eastern Germany government with splendid brevity. In fact, the play was staged after breaking of Berlin Wall.”

Hosseini Mehr added: “When I lived in Germany I became familiar with the playwright and I liked his concise, magic and modern structure of his works. In this way and for knowing him better I started to translate his work to Persian. I believe that Muller didn’t reach to his place in Iran and our theatre mainstream doesn’t know him as much as it must.”

The director emphasized on the act of actors and assured: “The play need to young and energetic actors, so I gave a call for such actors. In the play 24 actors were chosen from 300 volunteers.”

As Naser Hosseini Mehr said “Mauser” will be performed in Charsoo Hall of City Theatre Complex in February 2015.