The latest books of Namayesh Publications were unveiled

Charso Press: In this ceremony, four titles of books, including three plays in two volumes with the titles “Front of the Backs – The Wrestler with the Bear” by Hossein Fazlollahi, ‌ “The Heart is on Fire” by Chista Yathribi and two research books entitled “Shadow Play” by Roberto Baiti and Masha Luchi were unveiled, written and translated by Irene Gharibopour, and “Iranian Playwrights, 1979-1998”, which is the result of Hossein Farokhi’s research.

Kazem Nazari, Director General of Performing Arts, Saeed Asadi, Director of Research, Education and Publishing Office, Behrooz Gharibpour, Seyed Mohsen Hassanzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Naserbakht, Ahmad Kamyabi Musk, Hossein Fazlollahi, Pejman Dadkhah, Azadeh Farrokhi, Mehdi Yousefikia, Bahram Shadomandar and others Were present.
Saeed Asadi, Director of the Office of Research, Education and Publishing of the General Directorate of Performing Arts, welcomed the participants and expressed his happiness for holding this ceremony and said about the published books: Expand and develop. One of the important components of our work is to deal with the theater and theater of the country and, of course, to pay attention to the production of Persian theatrical texts in the field of Iranian culture and society.

He further clarified about the book “Shadow Play”: This cultural book in the field of children and adolescents has been translated and published by Irin Gharibpour. It is recommended that even schools or educational centers for children and adolescents use this book because it shows shadows in a simple, fluent and dynamic way. The book also focuses on reusing disposable items and making dolls.
Another book published and the result of Hossein Farokhi’s research is called the third volume of the book “Iranian Playwrights”, which is a very good step for collecting plays. This book covers the period from 1978 to 1999 and is good and useful for researchers and students of theater disciplines.
Namayesh Publishing House has also published two plays, one of which is “The Heart of Fire” written by Chista Yathribi, which shows an original adaptation of ancient Iranian literature. And two plays in a book written by Hossein Fazlollahi entitled “Jal Poshtha” and “Wrestler with a Bear”. Each of these plays had good performances but never reached the audience.

In the end, Saeed Asadi, while appreciating his colleagues in Namayesh Publications, announced the unveiling of other books.

Following the ceremony, Pejman Dadkhah, a researcher and university professor, said about the book “Jal Poshthaha – Wrestler with a Bear”: These cultures are being forgotten, the publication of these works is considered a good and happy event in the field of Iranian culture, theater and literature.

Ahmad Kamyabi Musk, while expressing his happiness over the holding and publication of new books by Namayesh Publications, said about the book “Iranian Playwrights”: Hossein Farokhi’s research helped a lot in keeping the play in Iran and said that it is difficult to collect about 500 titles in one book.

“I know that the daughters of Hossein Farokhi (Azadeh and Arezoo) help a lot in collecting and researching plays,” Musk said. Another important point in this valuable book is that you can learn summarizing in this book, which is very important and readable for students and art researchers.

Following the ceremony, Azadeh Farokhi, the son of Hossein Farokhi, read a text written by her father.

Hossein Fazlollahi, the author of the book “In front of the backs – wrestler with a bear” also said about this: “I wrote these plays about 20 years ago and based on them, many theaters have gone on stage.” I have been doing theater work for 40 years. The first play I wrote was The Wrestler with the Bear, and two years later I wrote The Front of the Bears. I am glad that after 26 years, these plays are still welcomed and published by reputable publications.
Fazlullahi emphasized: In the last few years, when I watch theaters regularly, I am upset that there is no drama in most of the plays. Most works are reminiscent, while theater should be based on drama.

The final speaker of the ceremony was Behrouz Gharibpour, the director of puppet theaters. I never said I wished I could choose another job, of course there were many difficulties in front of me, but the stage always gave me motivation and strength. “Shadow play” is several thousand years old. That is, it has been a shadow since light. Among our elders, Attar and Khayyam also have direct references to shadow play. Plato also paid attention to this art. I ask Kazem Nazari, the director general of the performing arts, to support shading, taziyeh, etc., because if there is no support in this regard, these arts will disappear.
At the end of the program, accompanied by Kazem Nazari, Behrouz Gharibpour, Saeed Asadi, and Ahmad Kamyabi Musk, from the four books “Iranian Playwrights” by Hossein Farokhi, “The Heart is on Fire” by Chista Yathribi, “Shadow Play” by Irin Gharibopour and “Jal Poshtha” – Wrestler with a bear “by Hossein Fazlollahi was unveiled.