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Iranian Nights

Iranian Nights

1989

6

Categories:

  • Drama

Overview:

A Channel Four special presentation of the Royal Court Theatre 1989 production, London. with Paul Bhattacharjee, Nabil Shaban and Fiona Victory. "Iranian Nights" was a play written and produced as a direct response by writers and artists to the notorious Feb 14 1989 Fatwa (a sentence of death) from Iran's leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, placed on Salman Rushdie for his novel "The Satanic Verses", regarded by fundamentalist Muslims as blasphemous.

Penny Cherns

Director

Tariq Ali

Writer, Producer

Howard Brenton

Writer

Cast:

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  • Paul Bhattacharjee

    Paul Bhattacharjee

    Omar Khayyam
  • Nabil Shaban

    Nabil Shaban

    Caliph
  • Fiona Victory

    Fiona Victory

    Scheherazade