The Persian Quarter
By Kathleen Cahill
The Persian Quarter is a play that needs 4 or more performers (2 women, 2 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 4 or more performers
- Roles
- 2 women, 2 men
- Cast notes
- 2m., 2w.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- historical
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
The 13 th -century Persian poet, Rumi, invites us to ride with him on a Persian carpet of history. He introduces us to two American diplomats, Ann and Mike, stationed in Iran in 1979, just as the mullahs under Ayatollah Khomeini are coming to power and the Iranian Revolution is gaining strength. They are oblivious to the terror that awaits them when they are taken hostage by student revolutionaries and begin a trial of endurance that lasts 444 days. In the last days of Ann's captivity, she becom
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