“Sun and Ashes”? on Stage in Yazd

YAZD, (SCIB) - The play “Sun and Ashes”? written by Qodratollah Fathi and directed by Ali- Asghar Rasekh-Raad went on stage in Yazd yesterday.

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يکشنبه - ۱۱ خرداد ۲۰۰۷ / 2007 11 March

YAZD, (SCIB) - The play “Sun and Ashes”? written by Qodratollah Fathi and directed by Ali- Asghar Rasekh-Raad went on stage in Yazd yesterday. According to Shahed Cultural Information Base (SCIB), the play “Sun and Ashes”? which was performed in the Yazd Farhang Hall based on the invitation of the Yazd Province Guidance General Department will go on until Tuesday. The play had previously been staged over the third Conference on Aashura Rituals and was subsequently performed in the capital Tehran, at the Sangeladj Hall for six consecutive days. The play has won favor among the audience who has seen it in the past two days in Yazd. The story concerns Khooli who carries Imam Hussein’s head with him to kufa after the Karbala event. He takes the head home before handing it in to receive his reward. Khooli’s wife is an admirer of Shiites and Imam Ali’s kinfolk. On that same day, the angels gather in Khooli’s house and inform his wife of what has happened... The cast of “Sun and Ashes”? include, Zari Emad, Siroos Asnaghi, Omid Khalili, Saeed Esfandiari, Javad Tafti, Behzad Rahmanipour, Davood Asadollahi, Behzad Ebrahimi, Ali Ellian, Masood Mansoori, Nima Omidi, Mohammad-Amin Hasanzadeh, Sahar Karimi, Marjan Akramipour, Azadeh Tavakolmand, Parvaneh Yousefi and Ahmad Taheri. Shahed Hadidi has made the music and Mahmoud Fathnia has designed the stage for this place. The choreography was done by Ali Oliayeenejad and Reza Ramezani was the stage manager.