Tarabnameh, third trailer

Tarabnameh Part 2 will premiere Friday, October 21. Performances will be held October 21, 22, 23, 28, and 30. For more information and ticket ordering please visit http://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/event/tarabnameh_part_2

DESCRIPTION: A hadji sets out to sell his servant and buy in his place a young slave girl. On the way, they see a poet about to be beheaded; a young lover in search of a purloined beloved; and troubadours, their profession banned, desperate to bring joy and laughter to any face. In short, the world they see is all topsy-turvy.

Tarabnameh has its genealogy in the tradition of Takhte-Hozi plays—a tradition of popular plays, combining comedy and music, dance and poetry. Centuries of despotism have rendered this form bereft of content. In Tarabnameh, a play with a cast of thirty-seven actors, this ancient comic genre keeps its joyous ambiance but takes on new form and meaning, underscoring the possibilities of once forgotten traditions becoming rich, robust, and lively modern forms of theater.

Trailer credit: Sepideh Abdolvahab

Видео Tarabnameh, third trailer канала Stanford Iranian Studies Program