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TAGS: * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Plays; 1983; Iran (documents); Martyrdom; Martyrs, Shiraz 1983; Roger White; Santa Barbara, CA; Women

Abstract:

Presentation and script of a presentation on contemporary persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran; title taken from a newspaper headline for an article announcing the execution of ten Iranian Bahá’í women on June 18, 1983. Script is for three voices.

Notes:

See also the author's How Art Fights Atrocities: Part 2 in series The Women They Hanged (bahaiteachings.org); see also a fictionalized monologue by Tahirih she performed.

Also available in Word format.

Now They Are Hanging Women

Jaine Toth

2018/2023

Abstract: Slides and script of a presentation on contemporary persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran; title taken from a newspaper headline for an article announcing the execution by hanging of ten Iranian Bahá’í women on June 18, 1983, quoted in Roger White’s poem, "Assurances."
This program, originally written and presented in Santa Barbara, California on the 10th anniversary of their execution, has seen several adaptations and been performed every 5-10 years since. Often, 10 chairs are set up in front of the stage, each with a single rose on the seat.

1. Script (see presentation below)

Download: toth_now_hanging_women.pdf.

2. Presentation (see original PowerPoint document [125 MB; archive.org])

Download: toth_now_hanging_women_slides.pdf.

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