TEHRAN-The play “Le Beatrici” written by the Italian writer Stefano Benni and directed by Mohammad-Ali Mirghorbani will hit the stage of Mehregan Theater in Tehran on January 16.

The performance is a women's narrative from the past to the present. It consists of monologues of eight different women who are somehow connected, including a frenzied nun, an anxious woman and a career woman, an old shrew and a dreamy old woman, a restless young woman, a cruel teenager, and a wolf-woman. 

The show is a continuum of angry insults, invectives, amorous spasms, doll-ups, rants, pompous pronouncements, winking confidences, dreamy whispers, and strutting deliberations. It is a unique work, between theater and story. 

Melika Naderi, Kimia Ali, Nafiseh Nourmohammadi, Tina Nemati, and Zahra Abdollahi act in the one-hour play.

Stefano Benni, 76, is an Italian satirical writer, poet and journalist. His books have been translated into around 20 foreign languages and scored notable commercial success. 2.5 million copies of his books have been sold in Italy.

Benni has written many successful novels and anthologies. He has worked with several magazines and newspapers and co-directed a film as well.

His novels contain, within imaginary worlds and situations, a strong satire of Italian society over the last few decades. His writing style includes many puns, neologisms, and parodies of other literary styles.

“Le Beatrici” will remain on the stage of Mehregan Theater until January 26.

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