Russian for "iris" (in the sense, "eye iris") is
ÒÁ£Ë. Another meaning of ÒÁ£Ë (literally, "little paradise") is "gallery,
the gods." So we are back at the theatre.
On the other hand, Iris is an anagram of Siri. Siri
von Essen, August Strindberg's first wife, was a Swedish actress (and a Finnish
noblewoman). She is Maria in Strindberg's autobiographic novel Le Plaidoyer
d'un Fou.
Alexey