TEHRAN – Russian writer Maxim Gorky’s play “The Lower Depths” will be performed by director Alireza Kamyarnia’s troupe at the Gusheh Hall of Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center on August 12.

Hamed Badihi, Shahab Bahrami, Mehzad Tavakkoli, Nasim Jafari, Ali Hedari, Mohammadreza Zakerzadeh, Neda Riahi and Shahrad Qadiri will star in the play, which will be on stage for a month.

Written during the winter of 1901 and the spring of 1902, the play that is also known as “Scenes from Russian Life” depicts a group of impoverished Russians living in a shelter near the Volga.

Photo: A poster for “The Lower Depths” 

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