Akbar Alizad
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Ali Akbar Alizad is a theater director in Iran
. He was most acclaimed for his performance of Waiting for Godot
(2006)
Alizad have been A member of Aein theater group and Leev theater group for 10 years, and in 2006 he began to found his theatrical group named 84theater. Below is some information about his work.
teaching in this college, Drama analysis, Playwriting, and Dramatic principles.
He engaged in theater from 1991; from that time his central interest focused on directing, but he had many experiences at the other theatrical work such as writing and acting. Alsohe had been Member of Aeein Theater Group from1991 to 2004 and Member of Leev Theater Group from 2004.
From the late of 2006 he had begun to found 84Theater for experiencing new areas.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. He was most acclaimed for his performance of Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for someone named Godot to arrive. Godot's absence, as well as numerous other aspects of the play, have led to many different interpretations since the play's...
(2006)
Alizad have been A member of Aein theater group and Leev theater group for 10 years, and in 2006 he began to found his theatrical group named 84theater. Below is some information about his work.
Professional History
Lecturer in Cinema &Theater College, University of Art (from 2004 to now)teaching in this college, Drama analysis, Playwriting, and Dramatic principles.
He engaged in theater from 1991; from that time his central interest focused on directing, but he had many experiences at the other theatrical work such as writing and acting. Alsohe had been Member of Aeein Theater Group from1991 to 2004 and Member of Leev Theater Group from 2004.
From the late of 2006 he had begun to found 84Theater for experiencing new areas.
Work as a director
- Bear by Anton Chekhov, Tehran, Department of Cinema &Theater (1994)
- Anniversary Celebratory by Anton Chekhov, Tehran, Department of Cinema &Theater (1995) (thesis in BA)
- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, Tehran, Molavi Hall (2005)
- Two Latin American plays, Tehran, Department of Cinema &Theater (2006)
- Oleanna by David Mamet, Tehran, City Theater (2006)
- Anniversary Celebratory and Swan Song by Chekhov, Tehran, Department of Cinema &Theater (2007)
- Ohio Impromptu, Footfalls, Come and Go, Catastrophe, and Rough for Theater 1 by Samuel Beckett (Tehran, Molavi Hall, June 2008)
- All That Falls by Samuel Beckett, Artist home, Tehran, September 2008
- Police by Slawomir Merozek, first premier: May 2009
Translations from English into Persian
- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (2001) Bidgol Publication, fourth edition (2009)
- Notes on Cinematographer by Robert Bresson (2003) Makan Publication
- Play Directing by Francis Hodge (2004) Samt Publication, second edition (2007)
- Oleanna by David Mamet (2005) Bidgol Publication
- Playwriting: A Practical Guide by Noel Grieg (2008)Bidgol Publication
Original books in Persian
- Approaches to the Performance Theory (selected essays on performance theory), (2004) Bidgol Publication, second edition (2009)
Essays in Persian
- A note on translating plays
- Dramatic form in Chekhov plays
- A note on translating Waiting for Godot
- Artouad and its double
- Anti-realism, Language, and the Dominant in David Mamet's Oleanna