{"product_id":"the-arabian-nights-a-play-paperback","title":"The Arabian Nights: A Play - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Zimmerman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA twelve-member cast enacts Scheherazade's tales of love, lust, comedy, and dreams. Scheherazade's cliffhanger stories prevent her husband, the cruel ruler Shahryar, from murdering her, and after 1,001 nights, Shahryar is cured of his madness, and Scheherazade returns to her family. This adaptation offers a wonderful blend of the lesser-known tales from \u003ci\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e with the recurring theme of how the magic of storytelling holds the power to change people. The final scene brings the audience back to a modern day Baghdad with the wail of air raid sirens threatening the rich culture and history that are embodied by these tales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARY ZIMMERMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of performance studies at Northwestern University. In 1998, she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, and in 2002, she won the Tony Award for Best Director. She has adapted-directed \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, The Odyssey, The Arabian Nights, Eleven Rooms of Proust, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJourney to the West.\u003c\/i\u003e Mostly recently she directed and wrote the libretto for \u003ci\u003eGalileo Galilee, \u003c\/i\u003e the new opera by Philip Glass, which premiered at the Goodman Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9.14 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757701693728,"sku":"9780810120945","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1928943429454811d8f4d5e92d35379b.webp?v=1780109506","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-arabian-nights-a-play-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}