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A Soldier’s Tale
A Soldier's Tale is a multi-disciplinary production written by Tara Beagan. The 13-member cast included actors and dancers, mixing spoken word, music and movement.
Aurash
'Based on a Persian myth dating back over one thousand years, in the 1970s the fable was adapted into a dramatic narrative by Bahram Beyza'ie. In Beyza'ie's story, Aurash, a naïve and human stablehand, becomes an unwilling player in his country's post-war border treaty. He must determine his people's fate by firing an arrow from the top of a mountain." -- from the publisher
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Production and Publication
First produced
1998, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
Publication year
2008
Published by
Playwrights Canada Press
ISBN
9780887548192
Published in Stories from the Rains of Love and Death: Four Plays from Iran
Published in Stories from the Rains of Love and Death: Four Plays from Iran
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