Globe to Globe: The Comedy of Errors (2012)
Performed in Persian with English subtitles. Rah-e Sabz's adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy is set in the bustling back streets of modern-day Kabul.
'Let's go hand in hand, not one before another.'
Part of the 2012 Globe to Globe Festival.
Rah-e Sabz's adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy is set in the bustling back streets of modern-day Kabul, places of laughter and joy that few foreigners ever get to see or hear about.
Synopsis
Two sets of identical twins, separated as babies during a sandstorm, find themselves in the city of Kabul for the first time as adults. Soon, their friends mistake the twins for one another and bewilderment abounds, as the wife of one man declares the other to be her husband, pronouncing him mad when he denies the claim.
Running time: 103 mins
Cast
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus (The Emir), Angelo, (Faraz), Officer Mohammad:
Daoud Lodin
Antipholus of Ephesus, (Arsalan of Kabul):
Ghulamnabi Tanha
Dromio of Syracuse (Bostan of Kabul):
Basir Haider
Egeon, (Ehsan), Luce, (Kukeb):
Shah Mamnoon Maqsudi
Antipholus of Syracuse, (émigré Arsalan):
Abdul Haq
Adriana (Sodaba):
Abida Frotan
Aemilia, the Lady Abbess, (Zan-e Motakef), Officer:
Parwin Mushtahel
Dromio of Ephesus, (emigré Bostan):
Shah Mohammad
Luciana (Rodaba), Courtesan:
Farzana Sayed Ahmad
Creatives
Director:
Corinne Jaber
Director for the Screen:
Ian Russell
Costume Designer:
Zolaykha Sherzad
Lighting Design:
Lynne Fernandez