Play
Stoning
War, shelter and the pressure of sexual politics.
The work
Golden Thread introduces a nurse sheltering a patient during the Iran–Iraq war. Its question about adultery places a private encounter under public judgement. Source 4
The work has separate Amsterdam, San Francisco and London records. Their companies, directors and translation credits belong to those particular presentations, tracing how the same play enters different theatrical settings. Source 5 · Source 6 · Source 7
In the 2001 programme, Rabihavi’s author’s notes describe a secular family surviving under the threat of public punishment, and a woman deciding to express her feelings despite the consequences. The note reports French, Dutch and German translations and Paris and Amsterdam readings in 1999; it supplies no detailed Paris production record. Source 5
Production and reading history
- Theatre production
Premiere · 17 January 1999 · Catalogued premiere
- Festival production
Series One · 27–30 September 2001 · Scheduled in the official production programme
- Scratch production
21–25 August 2002 · Historical listing and contemporary interview
Sources and distinctions
Golden Thread · ReOrient 2001
Company archive: Stoning and an announcement of Captured by Camera.
ReOrient 2001 · production programme
PDF page 3: Series One, 27–30 September, with translation and directing credits. Page 5 assigns eight actors to Stoning roles and prints author’s notes. Page 4 lists festival staff, whose credits retain that wider scope. Original pages 4–5 visually checked on 4 October 2026.
University of Amsterdam · Stoning
Institutional catalogue: Cosmic production 129800017.021, premiere on 17 January 1999 and production credits.
UK Theatre Web · The Stoning
Historical listing: Hidden Plot scratch production, Bijan Sheibani directing, at BAC on 21–25 August 2002.
Radio Farda · Stoning in London
Shahran Tabari interview, 22 August 2002. Rabihavi discusses writing and earlier performances.