TEHRAN-The play Romulus the Great written by Friedrich Drrenmatt is being carried out at Mehrab Theater in Tehran.Mojtaba Tabatabaei has directed the play and performs in it in addition to Fatima Joudaki, Omid Mojtahedi, Arman Nessehifar, Zahra Labafian, Laleh Zolfaghari, Mahsa Esmaeili, and Ali Panahi among others.Written in 1950, it is an unhistorical historic funny in four parts.
It shows the death of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century taking place throughout the day of (and the day following) the Ides of March, 476.
The Roman empire is collapsing although that does not trouble imperator Romulus much.
Even with the quick advances of the Germanic troupes lead by General Odokar, he means to have his breakfast without being disrupted by problem.
The most essential things in his life are his chickens (all named after fantastic Roman imperators or philosophers) and the number of eggs they produce.
The breeding of his chickens has actually become his one and only passion.Ever because Romulus took over the governance of the Western Roman Empire some 20 years earlier, he has only ever taken her of his clucking hens.His palace is simply as diminished as the whole nation.
Recently the minister of finance has made away with the treasury, leaving Romulus to pay his staff with the last leaves of his golden laurel crown.Romulus partner Julia and the staying court are very anxious about all the reports of dangers to their world and prompt their imperator to perform SOMETHING.But, alas, Romulus does not want to.
He is not even ready to use up Csar Rupfs who takes place to be an extremely rich trousers producer offer to invest millions into Romes rescue in exchange for Romulus childs hand in marriage and a law making wearing pants a civic duty.The imperators laziness and lack of interest drive his allies crazy.
But there is something they do not understand: Romulus apparent sleepiness is part of a grander plan.
He is working deliberately on the downfall of the Roman empire because he does not deem it worthy of continuing to exist and he has decided to be the judge of his base homeland himself.Friedrich Drrenmatts funny occurs from the early morning of March 15th till the early morning of March 16th, 476, and has some bearing on the death of the Roman empire in the Fifth century A.D.
Yet it is just an unclear recommendation to the actual historical events.Instead, Drrenmatt uses the property for an amusing yet analytically astute thought model showcasing the downfall of highly developed civilizations due to the fact that of their own satiety and arrogance they provide to the world.Drrenmatt edited this timelessly appropriate text frequently until 1980.
The setting and characters in Romulus the Great are developed with a certain absurdity and comicality.
At the same time the narrative about the royal chicken breeder and worlds judge in a fools outfit allows the grotesque and observant analysis of political and social cohesion to shine through.Friedrich Drrenmatt (1921-1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist.
He was a proponent of epic theater whose plays showed the current experiences of World War II.
The politically active authors work consisted of avant-garde dramas, philosophical criminal activity books, and macabre satire.Romulus the Great will stay on phase through February 21 at Mehrab Theater, situated at the junction of Imam Khomeini and Vali-e Asr streets.SS/