"New writing based on the fables Kalila wa Dimna, one of the
masterpieces of Eastern culture. Intended originally as a book of
Council for Kings, literally, a 'mirror' for princes, these subtle
and philosophical animal fables carry immense significance to all
sections of Arab and Persian society, to this day. From India, via
Persia, the tales reached the Arab world through the pen of Ibn
Al-Muqaffa, court scribe, wit, and radical reformer. The production
locates Ibn Al-Muqaffa's work in its original historical context -
Iraq circa 750 AD and the dawn of the Abbasid revolution - one of
the most turbulent moments in Islamic history, and an age with all
too many parallels to our own. The Mirror for Princes opened at the
Barbican in May 2006, in a production by Sulayman Al-Bassam
Theatre."
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