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A prison letter reaches the stage
A short broadcaster report of a London play based on Ahmad Batebi’s letter, with the relationship to an English repertoire title kept qualified.
- Speaker
- Ghazi Rabihavi
- Publication
- Radio Farda · Radio Azadi archive
- Source date
- 18 October 2001
- Published language
- Persian
- This page
- English conversation guide
Bahman Bastani’s London report summarises a Rabihavi interview. The original play title is given here in Latin transliteration.
English editorial guide to a short Persian broadcaster report. Bazdasht-e Durbin is a transliterated source title; an English-title equivalence is not asserted.
A letter becomes dramatic material
The report says a Rabihavi play based on Ahmad Batebi’s letter had reached the London stage. It connects the letter with Batebi’s imprisonment after the Tehran student demonstrations and names the play Bazdasht-e Durbin. The article provides a report of the production, rather than the letter or the complete script. Source 1
The discussion behind the notice
Bastani’s summary says Rabihavi discusses this work and his earlier play concerning Faraj Sarkohi. It also names four performers in the London presentation. No individual performance date or character assignments appear in the brief source text; 18 October is the report’s publication date. Source 1
A related title, kept distinct
The repertoire separately records Captured by Camera, a play described in Golden Thread’s 2001 author biography. The shared subject makes that record relevant, but this broadcaster text does not print the English title or conclusively establish that the two named presentations are identical. Source 1 · Source 2
Sources & credits
- Radio Farda · a play from Ahmad Batebi’s letter
Bahman Bastani’s London report, 18 October 2001. A short summary of a Rabihavi interview names the play Bazdasht-e Durbin and reports its London performance.
- Golden Thread · the separately named Captured by Camera
The 2001 author biography names Captured by Camera and describes its Ahmad Batebi subject. This related source does not establish an English-title equivalence with the Radio Farda report.