One thousand and one nights / a new version by Hanan al-Shaykh ; adapted for the stage by Tim Supple

xv, 236 p.; 20 cm.

1 Shahrayar and Shahrazad; 2 The Fisherman and the Jinni; 3 The Porter and the Three Ladies; 4 The First Dervish; 5 The Second Dervish; 6 The Third Dervish; 7 The Vizier Jaafar and Three Apples; 8 The Hunchback; 9 The Mistress of the House; 10 The Doorkeeper; 11 The Shopper; 12 The Reaction of the Caliph; 13 Dalilah the Wily; 14 The Demon's Wife; 15 The Woman and Her Five Would-Be Lovers; 16 The Resolution of the Porter and the Three Ladies; 17 The Resolution of Shahrazad and Shahrayar; Appendix: Optional Stories; Characters in the Optional Stories; Baqouq

One of the world's great folk story-cycles adapted for the stage by leading theatre maker Tim Supple, from the stories written by the seminal Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh. This unique edition will unlock the ancient tales for a new generation of readers and performers. Written by Arabic writers from tales gathered in India, Persia and across the great Arab Empire, the One Thousand and One Nights are the never-ending stories told by Shahrazad night after night, under sentence of death, to the king Shahrayar who has vowed to marry a virgin every night and kill her in the morning.

Produced by Dash Arts.

9781408159613

Women

D S538on 2013