- Farroukh Qasim
Farroukh Qasim (born 1948) is a
Tajik actor andPersian theatre director fromTajikistan . In 2004, he was a laureate of the internationalPrince Claus Awards for having "brought renewal to theatre in Tajikistan through his approach to the creative reworking of an eclectic repertoire".Overview
Farroukh Qasim was born in 1948 in
Tajikistan .PCA, op. cit.A renowned
theatre director, he has created performances based on sources as varied asRumi ,Zoroastrian andKoran ic texts,Sufi mystics, and plays byMolière andBulgakov . For instance, aTajik version of "King Lear " incorporating 10th century Persian verses.In 2004, he was a laureate of
Netherlands 's internationalPrince Claus Awards as "an outstanding actor" who "had brought renewal to theatre in Tajikistan through his approach to the creative reworking of an eclectic repertoire", honoring him "for his creative contributions to performance art and literature in Tajikistan".
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Persian theatre
* Persian cinemaReferences
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* Cite web
author = PCA (Prince Claus Awards )
date = December 2004
title = "Farroukh Qasim (Tajikistan)" entry
work = The 2004 Prince Claus Awards – Report from the jury
url = http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/2004juryreport.shtml
archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070517191717/http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/awards/2004juryreport.shtml
archivedate = 2007-05-17; Endnotes
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