Aankh ka Nasha

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Aankh ka Nasha

play by Agha Hashr

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South Asian arts
Parsi theatre
…prostitute results in remorse; and Aankh ka Nasha (“The Witchery of the Eyes”), about the treachery of a prostitute’s love, with realistic dialogue of a brothel. Many of Hashr’s plays were adapted from Shakespeare: Sufayd Khūn (“White Blood”) was modelled on King Lear, and Khūn-e Nāḥaq (“The Innocent Murder”) on…
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…prostitute results in remorse; and Aankh ka Nasha (“The Witchery of the Eyes”), about the treachery of a prostitute’s love, with realistic dialogue of a brothel. Many of Hashr’s plays were adapted from Shakespeare: Sufayd Khūn (“White Blood”) was modelled on King Lear, and Khūn-e Nāḥaq (“The Innocent Murder”) on…
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