CHARACTERS
Reading edition
(In order of their appearance)
MEN
Hajj
The Muezzin
The Imam Mahmud
A Mufti
The Guide Nasir
The Sheikh Jawan
The Beggar Kasim
Amru, } Shopkeepers
Zayd,
Amru’s Apprentice
Zayd’s Apprentice
The Caliph Abdallah
The Wazir Abu Bakr
The Wazir Mansur
Kafur, Mansur’s sworder
Afife, his secretary
The Captain of the Watch
An Attendant of Mansur
A Chamberlain of the Caliph
A Herald of the Caliph
A Blind Man
A Chinaman
The Gaoler Kutayt
WOMEN
Marsinah, Hajj’s daughter
Narjis, her nurse
Kabirah, an old woman
Miskah, a slave
Kut-al-Kulub, Mansur’s first wife.
Guards, Wazirs, Dignitaries, Courtiers, Soldiers, Eunuchs, Shopkeepers, Buyers, etc.
Women of the Harim, Dancers, Slaves, etc.
BEFORE THE CURTAIN
The Man
The Woman
The Story Teller
The Juggler
The Dancer
ACT I MORNING
Scene I. A Street before the Mosque of the Carpenters.
II. The Suk (Bazaar Street) of the Tailors.
III. The Courtyard of a poor House.
IV. A Hall in the Wazir Mansur’s Mansion.
ACT II AFTERNOON
Scene I. A Hall in the Wazir Mansur’s Mansion. (Same as Act I., Scene IV.)
II. The Courtyard of a poor House. (Same as Act I., Scene III.)
III. The Diwan (Audience Hall) of the Caliph’s Palace.
IV. The Prison of the Palace.
ACT III EVENING
Scene I. The Hammam of Mansur’s Harim.
II. A Street before the Mosque of the Carpenters. (Same as Act I., Scene I.)
The scene is laid in the Baghdad of the “Arabian Nights.”
The action takes place from morning to night.