A retelling of Persian history. At the end of the Sassanian Empire, during the onslaught of Muslim invasions into Persia, the last king of Persia, Yazdgird III, finds death in an impoverished flourmill. Discovered red-handed by the king's army, the helpless miller, his wife, and his daughter must reenact their experience with the king to prove their innocence—or else face a horrible death.
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1979, City Theater, Tehran
2008
Playwrights Canada Press
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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