Tamburlaine the Great
Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: Europe [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Religious [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Theatre [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Artist: Writer Christopher Marlowe, 16th century
Confronting Bodies: play director David Farr, artistic director of the Bristol Old Vic Simon Reade
Dates of Action: November 2005
Location: The Barbican, London UK
Description of Artwork: Tamburlaine the great tells the story of a shepherd- robber who defeats the king of Persia, the Emperor of Turkey and, seeing himself as the "scourge of God", burns the Koran
The Incident: Mr Farr "adapts" the play, avoiding the comments on the not worthines of Mohamed , and "smooths over" the burning of the Koran, burning a pile of unidentified books indstead.
Results of Incident: critics from public, scholars, and even the muslim council of Britain media secretary Inayat Bungawala for censoring Marlow's masterpiece.
Source: The Times, The times online UK [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]
