The Butterfly
Adapted by Bijan Mofid. From the original story Shaparak Khanum by Farideh Fardjam. Translated from Persian by Don Laffoon.
Product Code: BG1000
Full-length Play
Drama
Cast size: 6m., 3w., or 6 (2m., 2w., 2 either gender) with doubling.
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Synopsis
In this delicate Persian fantasy of the insect world, a beautiful butterfly is trapped in a barn and falls into the clutches of a spider. He threatens to eat her but agrees to let her go if she will bring him other insects to satisfy his hunger. In her travels about the barn, she finds other insects that will follow her but learns each is performing a useful function. Instead of luring them to their death, she gives each one something of herself, stripping her beautiful raiment until she is quite bedraggled. Returning at last to offer herself to the spider, he releases her and shows her the way out. But as she flies off into the sun, the honeybee (who loves her) hears the song of the spider, and is left to begin his own journey—his own test.
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code BG1000
- Minimum Cast Size 6
- Pages of Dialogue 24
- Min. Royalty Rate $85.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 60 min
- Staging One set.
Categories
- Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages)
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA
- Genre Drama
- ISBN(13) 9780876021118