Paul Cézanne-22 October 1906:Paul Cézanne ( 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne is said to have formed the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry...

Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – c. September 16, 1984) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. A prolific writer, he wrote throughout his life and published ten novels, two collections of short stories, and four books of poetry. Brautigan's work has been published both in the United States and internationally throughout Europe, Japan, and China. He is best known for his novels Trout Fishing in America (1967), In...

Maktab-e-Tehran;these daysThe week ending on Sunday, September 11, 2022Registration for the new course of educational workshops of Jalal Tehrani continues.The new course "Intensive Playwriting Workshop":A course of this one-semester workshop started on Wednesday, July 20.The new course of this workshop will start in October.The workshop focuses on writing a long script by the students. Other educational workshops of Jalal...

Maktab-e-Tehran;these daysThe week ending on Sunday, September 18, 2022Registration for the new course of educational workshops of Jalal Tehrani continues.The new course "Intensive Playwriting Workshop":A course of this one-semester workshop started on Wednesday, July 20.The new course of this workshop will start in October.The workshop focuses on writing a long script by the students.Other educational workshops of Jalal Tehrani...

Edward Franklin Albee March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), A Delicate Balance (1966), and Three Tall Women (1994). Some critics have argued that some of his work constitutes an American variant of what Martin Esslin identified and named the Theater of the Absurd.[1] Three of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize for...

Review: Once Upon a (Korean) Time, Finding Comfort in Korean Mythology Daniel K. Isaac's play makes its world premiere with with Ma-Yi Theater Company.The idea that mythology can provide solace in troubled times is not new. While some people turn to Homer, Shakespeare, Tolkien, or Rowling when they are feeling lost, Daniel K. Isaac's characters look for courage in the literary and oral traditions of Korea. That's in Once Upon a...