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Tag: "Plays"

tag name: Plays type: Arts
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/-_Plays
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Playwrights
related tags: - Arts and crafts; Drama; Film; Theatre
referring tags: A Life So Noble (play); Ann Boyles; Drama of the Kingdom (play); Eager Heart (play); George Bernard Shaw; Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains (play); Television; The Terrible Meek (play); William Shakespeare
references: bahai-library.com/Scripts; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_(theatre)

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31 results from the Main Catalog

6 results from the Chronology

3 results from the Chronology Canada

from the main catalog (31 results; expand)

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  1. n.d.. Divine Plan, The: A Skit. Author unknown. — 3-page screenplay dramatizing the building of the World Order of Baha'u'llah and its unfoldment and ...
  2. 2024/2025. Four Scripts for Dramatic Readings on Holy Days. Jaine Toth. — Scripts for Ridvan and the martyrdom of the Bab blending storytelling, dramatic readings, poetry and...
  3. 2024-01. Strickland's Dilemma. James Tichenor. — A graduate student who chooses not to serve in the Institute because he only has a little time to re...
  4. 2024. Amazing Grace: Stories of Personal Transformation from Slavery to the Present Day. Jaine Toth. — A lengthy script, with accompanying slides, depicting real life stories of Americans, both black and...
  5. 2024. That Uncertain Feeling. James Tichenor. — A college freshman who has agreed to hold her first devotional meeting with a fellow Book One partic...
  6. 2023-05. Importance de l'art dans la promotion de la Foi. Pierre Spierckel, trans, Universal House of Justice, comp.
  7. 2023-05. Importance des arts dans la promotion de la Foi. Pierre Spierckel, trans, Universal House of Justice, comp.
  8. 2023. Эволюция Женских Образов В Творчестве и.а. Гриневской 1890-1900 (Evolution of Female Images in the Works of I. A. Grinevskoy 1890-1900). K. V. Sarycheva. — Analysis of early works that represent lives and experiences of women in the early 20th century, wit...
  9. 2021. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá. — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
  10. 2019-11. Instrument of Music, The: A Musical Comedy. Sarah Munro, David Cerpa, Niaz Massarrat. — Dramatization of the role of music in the expansion and consolidation of Baha’i communities, drawi...
  11. 2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
  12. 2018/2023. Now They Are Hanging Women. Jaine Toth. — Presentation and script of a presentation on contemporary persecution of Baha'is in Iran; title take...
  13. 2018. Laura Barney's Discipleship to 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Tracing a Theological Flow from the Middle East to the United States, 1900-1916. Layli Maria Miron. — How Laura Barney employed ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s teachings to influence social discourse as she taught...
  14. 2017-03. This Gem-Studded Crown: A Dramatic Sketch. Sarah Munro, Sofie Geschier. — Fictional dialogue of the first of eight actual meetings between Martha Root and Queen Marie of Roma...
  15. 2007. Vojdani: Ou, La quête: drame en huit tableaux. Pierre Spierckel. — Drame relatant la recherche spirituelle de Vojdani telle que contée dans "Fire on the Mountain Top"...
  16. 2002. Dress for Mona, A: Abridged one-act version. Mark Perry. — The story of Mona Mahmudnizhad.
  17. 2001. Layli, Majnun, and the Infernal Tree. Mark Perry. — Short play dealing with the story of Layli and Majnun and partly inspired by the Seven Valleys.
  18. 2001. Coming Out. Ian Kluge. — Short, humorous play depicting the confusions that can result from trying to be too delicate in anno...
  19. 2000. Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, comp. .
  20. 1999. My Beloved Coloured Brother, Louis Gregory. John Chesley. — A play focused on the race unity situation in the early 20th century and an imagined meeting between...
  21. 1995-12. Sailor's Problem, The. Ben Roskams. — A short play about unity featuring Sherlock Holmes.
  22. 1981. Indiscretion of Marie-Thérèse Beauchamps, The. Roger White. — Fictional dramatization of a recollection of seeing Abdu'l-Baha in Montreal (1912).
  23. 1981. Some Sort of Foreigner. Roger White. — Fictional dramatization of an encounter with Abdu'l-Baha in 1911, and reflections on "this business ...
  24. 1979. Glimpses of Abdu'l-Baha: Adapted from the Diary of Juliet Thompson. Roger White. — Portrayals and dramatizations in verse, adapted from recollections by Juliet Thompson.
  25. 1976. Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains, A. Rúhíyyih Khánum. — A play, in 28 pages, showing "some of the workings of a Baha'i Spiritual Assembly: some of the blund...
  26. 1943. Two Shall Appear. Olivia Kelsey. — A play which attempts to depict in a brief form the background and some of the heroic events of Baha...
  27. 1936. Count Leo Tolstoy and the Bahá'í Movement. Martha L. Root. — Leo Tolstoy encountered Baha’i teachings late in life, and admired their ideals of peace and unity...
  28. 1933. Drama of the Kingdom. Abdu'l-Bahá, Mary Basil Hall. — A play written in 1912 by ‘Abdu’l-Baha while he was in London and adopted with permission by Mar...
  29. 1916. Read-Aloud Plays. Horace Holley. — Nine short plays. Contains no mention of the Baha'i Faith.
  30. 1910. God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts. Laura Clifford Barney. — A play based on events in the lives of the early Babis, with a focus on Tahirih.
  31. 1903/1912/1916/2007. Баб / Беха-Улла (Блеск Божий) (Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (The Splendor of God)). Isabella Grinevskaya. — Links to two plays in Russian.

from the Chronology (6 results; expand)

  1. 1903-05-00 — Russian poet Isabella Grinevskaya wrote the play "Bab" which was performed in St. Petersburg in 1904...
  2. 1910-00-00 — The publication of God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts by Laura Clifford Barney, (London: Kegan Paul...
  3. 1911-09-09 — 'Abdu'l-Baha visited the home of Mrs Thornburgh-Cropper at 31 Evelyn Mansions, Carlisle Place, Vic...
  4. 1912-12-21 — 'Abdu'l-Baha witnessed His first dramatic performance. It was a mystery Christmas play entitled Eage...
  5. 1960-07-12 — Horace Hotchkiss Holley, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 April, 1887 in Torrin...
  6. 2018-07-08 — The opening of the play about Tahirih called Daughter of the Sun to an audience of 450 people at the...

from the Chronology of Canada (3 results; expand)

  1. 1951-06-14 — All will note with interest the increasing use of plays and playlets as a teaching medium. The Montr...
  2. 1953-09-05 — Maritime Summer Conference was held during the Labour Day weekend at Little Sands on Prince Edward I...
  3. 2001-05-15 — A tribute to Ruhiyyih Khanum, much in the form of music and drama, was held at Canada House in Trafa...
 
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