Describing fear, Muhammad al-Magut (1934-2006) said: “Put your stone foot in my heart, sir. Crime knocks on the prison door, and fear resounds like a caravan. Here is the chariot of the tyrant, driven by the wind, and here we are, like a sword piercing the skull, locusts nesting in the marble of the church… ”Perhaps the late Syrian poet imitated what he wanted from Anton Chekhov (1860/1904) when he wrote he has the 670-word story. “Death of an employee”, signed under a pseudonym, which he published in 1883, at the age of twenty -three, in the pages of an unknown magazine, and he did not know that it would be one of his icon and pretext for pointing to him as one of the most important writers in the world, and his story will be recycled hundreds of times in so many countries! It is a drastic reduction in the idea of fear of underestimating a crushed citizen in every detail of his life full of panic! The story is a coherent building block and a typical main course for life in Damascus today and many years ago! Life, its broad name frightens everyone. From the past, wrapped in blood, from the present, wrapped in black dew, from the future, woven in the loom of the unknown, from utter emptiness, dark emptiness, striking emptiness of all forms of security! Fear is fear of everything: from crossing borders, barriers, “swarming”, hunger, poverty, poverty and shame! A nation devastated by fear and dancing to its corpse, all praising his protection, mainly war merchants, beginner blessings and vampires. About all this, represented by Chekhov’s apotheosis, falling in fear of officials and influential people, Luai Shana prepared a theatrical production of his production and presented it at the Al-Hamra Theater in Damascus! Through the efforts of the Ministry of Culture and its new generation, the theater has become a museum of dust, its warehouses are empty, and its energy is full of negativity, contrary to what a theater should be! All this does not dampen the enthusiasm of the theater director who came from Latakia for the experience, speaking in a very simple and meaningful language, trying to approach the black comedy, the position of an oppressed citizen and the shame defeat that befell him widely. title called Fear, even formulate the axioms of his life. So, he would be afraid to sneeze or cough, especially if he was in front of a dignitary! Often actors in theater work only to renew their energy and the essence of their instruments and to restore themselves in terms of fitness, physical condition and performance, but all this becomes impossible. accessible when the appearance of the theater and its dilapidated state is depressing. and woe not only to the guests, but also to the workers!
Attempting theater is commendable, however modest, as it is free, and requires a person to spend on it some of the money he receives from television, in addition to the fact that this art itself has become endangered. descent to the very end. low level since it started!
The cast includes: Ali Al Qasem, Basil Haider, Majed Issa, Lamis Abs, Najat Muhammad, Muhammad Salem. His gratitude goes to: Ahmed al-Abud, Elissar Sukur, Baraa Smakri, Khaled al-Qusayr, Zain al-Abidin Shaaban, Zainab Eid, Salah al-Tobji, Imad Youssef, Mustafa Khatib, Marah Ismail, Malak Khatib, Nur Kabariti. .. They still believe in the need for serious work, and they have been able to provide light food comics that have made different sets the stage space, once turned into a cinema hall, another turned into the home of a poor workers, and a third became a waiting room. in the office of an officer. Some simple decorations and a set design that is rich in details, flexible and flexible with different meanings and possibilities and open to the viewer’s interpretation!
“Death of an employee”: daily at the Al-Hamra Theater in Damascus-at 19:00.
