TEHRAN -- Iranian director Shima Farahmand plans to stage “Molly Sweeney” in Ireland, the homeland of the writer of the play, Brien Friel.
Farahmand and Hamid Ehya, who translated the play into Persian, have held talks with some relevant Irish officials to perform it in the country.
“Molly Sweeney” is currently on stage at the Entezami Hall of the Iranshahr Theater Complex in Tehran.
“Due the popularity of this play in Ireland, we will try our best to give performances in that country,” Farahmand said in press release on Tuesday.
She said that the play has been warmly received by the theatergoers so that it has been extended for four day until February 22.
“Molly Sweeney” is a two-act play, which is about its title character, Molly, a woman blind since infancy, who undergoes an operation to restore her sight.
The play tells Molly’s story through monologues by three characters, in this case Molly, her husband Frank, and her surgeon, Mr. Rice.
Another of Freil’s plays “Dancing at Lughnasa” has recently translated into Persian.
Mohsen Bahrami, Abuzar Saedi and Donya Nasr star in the play.
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