Crossroads (play)

2009 play by Bahram Beyzai

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Crossroads

Written by| Bahram Beyzai
Directed by| Bahram Beyzai
Date premiered| March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
Place premiered| Roble Studio Theater
Original language| Persian
Setting| Tehran about the year 2006
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Crossroads (Persian: چهارراه) is a play by Bahram Beyzai, written in 2009 and first staged in 2018 at Stanford University.

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Written in 2009, Crossroads is the last play Beyzai wrote before he left Iran. The text was published as a book in the winter of 2020.

## First production

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Crossroads was premiered at Roble Studio Theater, Stanford in 23 March, 2018. It was directed by the author and the two major roles were played by Mojdeh Shamsaie and Ali Zandiyye.

## References

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* احیا, حمید (2018). ««رئالیزمِ معمول را بگذارید کنار»: یادداشت‌هایی از تمرینِ «چهارراه»». دفترهای تآتر. 15.
* نورایی, جهانبخش (2021). «اگر دنیا کمی بهتر بود!». فیلم امروز. 5.

## External links

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* چهارراه on Open Library at the Internet Archive

External media

Audio
About Crossroads, Ala Mohseni, Asoo on SoundCloud
A talk with Mojdeh Shamsai on Radio Farda
Video
Q&A with Beyzai about Crossroads، 23 April, 2018, Stanford University on YouTube

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Films directed|

* Downpour (1971)
* Ballad of Tara (1979)
* Death of Yazdgerd (1981)
* Bashu, the Little Stranger (1986)
* Killing Mad Dogs (2001)

Plays written|

* The Marionettes (1963)
* The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad (1964)
* Four Boxes (1967)
* Death of Yazdgerd (1979)
* Memoirs of the Actor in a Supporting Role (1981)
* Kalat Claimed (1982)
* Tarabnameh (1994)
* Crossroads (2009)

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* A Study on Iranian Theatre
* "On the Situation of Theatre and Cinema"
* The Fateful Day
* A New Prologue to the Shahnameh
* The Lady Aoi

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