An evaluation of the theatre as an artistic field in Iran

This research entitled "an evaluation of the theatre as an artistic field in Iran" to study the different cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital based on the theory of "an artistic art of Pierre Bourdieu". The research method is a descriptive survey type that is performed using field method through a questionnaire for a sample of 200 actors and 22 directors. In some cases to complete the theoretical design of literature, the historical method of documentary technique was used. The results revealed that the cultural capital among the actors is high: 27%, 72.5% in moderate level, the social capital is high: 4%, 47% in moderate level, 27% in low level, economic capital: 85% in the moderate level,11% in low level, Symbolic capital is also high: 82%, among the actors, 17.9% in the moderate level were obtained. Among the directors, the following data has been obtained: the cultural capital of 31.8% at high level, 50.5% at moderate level, social capital: 13.6% at high level,, 59% at average level, 4.5 at low level, the economic capital of 45.5 at high level, and symbolic capital: 4.5% at high level,, 72.7% at moderate level and 18.2% at low level. Overall, the studied reviews concluded that the theatre in Iran has not yet become an artistic field despite having different types of capital and some of the main parameters of field such as resistance against the political field and independency have not been found in this domain.