Dara
by Tanya Ronder, Shahid Nadeem

Dara Book Cover
Dara Cover

Synopsis

1659. Mughal India.

Dara, the crown prince, has the love of the people, but brother Aurangzeb holds a different vision for India’s future.

Islam inspires poetry in Dara, puritanical rigour in Aurangzeb.

Can Jahanara, their sister, assuage Aurangzeb’s resolve to purge the empire?

Dara was originally produced in Pakistan; this adaptation premiered at the National Theatre in 2015.

Publication

Publisher Nick Hern Books
Year 2015
Pages 96
Language English
ISBN-13 9781848424678
ISBN-10 1848424671
eISBN-13 9781780015606
LCC PR6118.O53

Dara is a British adaptation play written by Tanya Ronder and published by Nick Hern Books (2015).

Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books (eISBN 9781780015606).

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