TEHRAN – An Iranian troupe directed by Arman Hossein-nejad is performing a stage adaptation of Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in Tehran.

The play named “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” will be on stage at Arghanun Theater until January 28, the theater announced on Saturday.

The gothic novella, which was first published in 1886, is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde.

Photo: A poster for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”

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