In the Images of World Literature slideshow, you saw images inspired by The Thousand and One Nights. Here at Connections, you can find varied interpretations, analyses, and performances of the story of the archetypal storyteller, Shahrazad, and her tales.
Movies/Popular Interpretations/TV/Performance
- See excerpts from Mary Zimmerman's stage production of The Arabian Nights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxiaGSa8kb4 - See clips and photos of The Arabian Nights, a large-scale dinner show. This theatrical production has horses, dancers, and acrobats.
http://www.arabian-nights.com - See a trailer for a 2000 TV production of The Arabian Nights.
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1102512409/ - See a clip from the children's TV series made by animators Aly Jetha and Shabnam Rezaei (both featured in the video episode).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srdGoytBoD8
Music
- Learn more about the Rimsky-Korsakov symphonic suite Scheherazade (that Marin Alsop talks about in the video episode), and hear a clip of the music.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10139009 - Hear music at the 1001 Nights Orchestra web site, inspired by the stories.
https://www.facebook.com/1001NightsOrchestra - Hear the band Moroccan Spirit's Music for 1001 Nights.
http://www.last.fm/music/Moroccan+Spirit
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