Nuri wrote and staged Beloved in 1981. It was awarded in Fajr Theater Festival of the same year. Beloved is a one-person play. Although two characters are visible on the stage, the monologue is entirely performed by The Whisperer, the main role. The other character is a mysterious silent person under a long white veil who refuses to answer the questions of the whisperer. Beloved is the tale of human’s solitude in the realm of his own being. The whisperer, in his inner quest, falls […]
Companion is a play written by Nuri in 1990. It was staged the same year for the first time. A man hasn’t visited his old friend despite knowing he has been staying in a military medical treatment facility for a couple of years after being seriously injured in Iran-Iraq war. But when the man finds out his friend is going to be sent to Europe for additional treatment, he decides to visit the facility and represent himself as the best option […]
The Circus is a play written by Nuri in 1985 which was later staged in Fajr Theater Festival in 1993. An animal trainer and a clown visit the testing venue for admission to the grand circus wishing to meet the master. But soon they realize that they are locked in that place and the only person they find there is the old-man in white. They assume he is the cause of their captivity and believe he should have the key to the exit. The only thing is […]
Rattlesnake is a play written by Nuri’s wife, Nadia Maftouni, in 1984. He staged the play in 1985. A skillful Snake Charmer spots a mound with a hole in an imaginary desert. The hole is wide enough for a man to crawl in and out. The snake charmer sees the trace of a great snake as big as the hole. Suddenly a man similar to himself jumps out of the hole. Gradually it is revealed that the snake is the […]