ACT III
Scene 1. Courtyard of a Poor House (Act I, Scene 3) [cut in final version].
Scene 2. The Bath of the Executioner’s House.
Scene 3. A street before a Mosque. (Act I, Scene 1.)
| The Scene is laid in Bagdad. The action takes place from morning to night. |
ACT I
SCENE 1
A narrow street with stone steps leading up to a Mosque left. (Small set.)
The sun is just beginning to rise.
Asleep on a large stone which juts out from the angle of the wall C. sits Hajji wrapped in his beggar’s cloak. On the minaret of the Mosque appears the priest, a venerable white bearded man. He calls to prayer. [See alterations in actual play.]