I would not be in pain if I worked in theater

Theater News Base: The commemoration ceremony of Ali Rafiei with the documentary “Behind the Walls of this House” about the play “Bernarda Alba House” directed by this prominent artist and written by Federico Garcia Lorca was held on Wednesday evening, January 13, at the Jalil Shahnaz Hall of the House of Iranian Artists.

The ceremony was organized by Setareh Eskandari and a group of Ali Rafiei’s students at 5:30 PM in the Summer Gallery with the display of a poster of the artist’s plays. The guests then sat down to watch the documentary “Behind the Walls of this House” in Naseri Hall.

Setareh Eskandari, the producer of this film, got old before showing the work and greeted the guests and said: I hope you like the film.

The documentary “Behind the Walls of this House”, which includes a conversation with the director, producer and actors of the play “The House of Bernarda Alba”, which was staged in 1997, was shown below.

After this play, Setareh Eskandari came of age and read a text to congratulate Ali Rafiei on his 83rd birthday.

In parts of this text, Rafiei was addressed:

“Your birth is the victory of life over death; The victory of beauty over ugliness and fantasy and dream over reality. Your birth makes the thought more fertile and the color splashes on the gray world. “Behind the walls of this house” is a reminder of what you have taught us and still keeps the theater house lit; A house with a lamp in your hands. Happy birthday to us; “To all your disciples.”

After reading this text, Ali Rafiei was applauded by those present who encouraged him continuously and standing up.

“I was ready for anything but talking at the ceremony,” the veteran director told Roy Sen. I had not thought about it.

He continued in a hateful tone: “At the moment, I have a pain in my back, which if I worked in the theater, I would not have any pain. Be a lecture for another time; Some time after performing another work on stage.

The guests of the ceremony stood and cheered him continuously.

Setareh Eskandari also thanked Farzin Shekari and Leila Jafari, the director of Payvand Mehr Film and Publications.

Majid Rajabi Memar, the managing director of the House of Iranian Artists, also presented a plaque to Ali Rafiei and said: “We are happy and proud that this ceremony was held in honor of the honorable professor Dr. Rafiei at the House of Iranian Artists.” I hope that God will give them a long life and we will be at their service here with our meager wealth so that we can host their work in Iranshahr Theater if and whenever they deem fit.

The final part of the commemoration ceremony was followed in the summer gallery with the presence of Ali Rafiei next to a photo board of himself that the guests had written sentences as a memento for him, and souvenir photos were recorded.

Majid Rajabi Memar Managing Director of the Iranian Artists’ House, Leila Jafari Director, Setareh Eskandari Producer, Farzam Shekari Project Manager, Farzin Shekari Director of Photography and Documentary Editor of “Behind the Walls of This House”, Maryam Saadat, Maedeh Tahmasebi, Farzad Hassani, Alireza Tabesh, Elham Korda, Afsaneh Mahian, Siamak Safari, Keyvan Kathisarian, Kourosh Narimani, Abbas Ghaffari, Hamid Pour-Azari, Manouchehr Shoja, Davood Banyardalan, Sam Kaboudvand, Masoud Pakdel, Ebrahim Hosseini and Maziar Rezakhani were among the artists present at the ceremony.