 front cover of the English edition | |
| Author | Bahram Beyzai |
|---|---|
| Original title | عروسکها |
| Translator | |
| Language | Persian |
| Genre | Play |
| Publisher | Bahram Beyzai, Negah Publishing, Roshangaran Publishing (Iran) University Press of America, Mazda Publishers (US) Poetry Salzburg (Austria) |
Publication date | 1963 |
| Publication place | Iran |
Published in English | 1987, 1989, 2005 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 112 pp |
| ISBN | 978-3-901993-23-7 |
The Marionettes (1963) (variously translated as "The Puppets" as well) is a puppetry play by Bahram Beyzai, and one of the most important plays of the Persian language. It has been staged numerous times in various languages around the world. Together with two subsequent plays, namely Evening in a Strange Land (1963) and The Story of the Hidden Moon (1963), The Marionettes constitutes the playwright's puppet trilogy.