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The Tragedy of the Death of King Ardashir
Paperback
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Sep 22 2023
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Tragedy of the Death of King Ardashir, is a historical and bloody play by Reza Taheri Bashar.
this tragedy tells story of rape of King Ardashir, the conqueror of Egypt, to his sister, Roxana.
this story shows painful consequences of that rape.
this tragedy tells story of vindictiveness and the revenge of mother and brother from king and successive targeted killings and madness.
this play shows final downfall of king ardashir.
Story:
Ardashir, the king of Iran, conqueror of Egypt, drunkenly rapes his sister Roxana, then she kills herself.
Ardashir's youngest brother and his mother make a pact to take horror revenge from the king.
But before their action, Ardashir, fearing possible intrigues his enemies, kills Bardia, his other brother, who has ruled in the east of Iran.
Then successive grudges and murders and endless conspiracies emerge.
Prizatish, the queen mother, swears to take the harsh revenge of these two family crimes from her victorious eldest son And she really takes her hard revenge.
This play is the story of the conspiracies, story of complicity of the wounded queen mother and others is to the detriment of the king, who work each other until little by little all the members of the royal family are killed by each other.
Who do we recommend to read this book?
Those for whom original stories and good ideas and dialogues are important.
Those who feel the value and importance of choice and authority with their flesh, skin and bones.
Those who are interested in investigating the course of historical events and the deadly violence contained in it.
Those who are tired of the old tragedies and want a powerful and different story.
This story is a rare and truly different tragedy.
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