BEHOLD!
A Program for the Bicentennial of the Birth of the Báb
(created by Anne Perry, based on passages from Robert Weinberg’s compilation
The Primal Point: A selection of testimonials and tributes to the Báb and His followers
published by George Ronald, 2019, and other sources as noted.
Note:This script is totally flexible. It can be performed by adults, youth, or children in a setting that is formal or informal. Passages can be read or memorized. Costumes can be utilized or not. It can be shortened as needed—or lengthened. (Delete or add characters; cast members can play more than one part.) Music or visual projections of photos of the actual people quoted could be included. Commentators can be on stage all at once or come on one at a time. They can stand or sit. MC’s remarks are flexible and can be changed; I have left out designations such as “Hand of the Cause” since the program is designed for the public, but these can be added.)Be creative! AP
CAST:
MC
Commentators:
Sara Louisa Lady Blomfield Hasan Balyuzi Dr. T. K. Cheyne
Horace Holley George Townshend Sir Francis Younghusband
Tahirih John Ferraby Count Leo Tolstoy
Mary Hanford Ford Robert Hayden Potentially others . . .
A.L.M. Nicolas Edward Granville Browne
