Farroukh Qasim (, , (17 September 1948 – 7 February 2010) is a

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actor and

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director from

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. In 2004, he was a laureate of the international

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for having "brought renewal to theatre in Tajikistan through his approach to the creative reworking of an eclectic repertoire".

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Farroukh Qasim was born on 17 September 1948 in

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

and died on 7 February 2010 in

.PCA, op. cit. A renowned

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

director, he created performances based on sources as varied as

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and

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ic texts,

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mystics, and plays by

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...

and

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. For instance, a

version of ''

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'' incorporating 10th century Persian verses. In 2004, he was a laureate of

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's international

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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; Sources consulted * ; Endnotes Ethnic Tajik people Tajikistani artists 1948 births 2010 deaths {{Theat-director-stub

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