HUSAYN, 35 |
DERVISH, 50s rogue, Sufi mystic |
WRIGHT, 35 American Missionary |
DOLGORUKOV, 50 Russian Envoy |
AQASI, Prime Minister of Persia |
TAHIRIH Babi Poetess |
SHAYKH, 20 young Babi |
QUDDUS, 22 Babi leader, martyr |
VAHID, 40 suave, urbane scholar |
SHEIL, 42 British Envoy |
TAQI, 41 new Prime Minister |
HUJJAT, 35 Babi leader in Zanjan |
FARRANT, 36 British Charge d'Affairs |
KHAN, 40 Fars Governor at Shiraz |
NOSE, Babi father of STREET and KID |
UNCLE of the Bab beheaded in Tihran |
MUSA, 30 Persian nobleman |
WAR, 40 Persian Minister of War |
BAQIR, 40 Babi at Tabarsi siege |
MANUCHIHR, eunuch Isfahan Governor |
KID, 10 survives Tabarsi siege |
SADIQ, mulla crusty old reformer |
BREAD, Arab vender in Karbila |
NASIRI'D-DIN, 17 became "boy-shah" |
DR. CORMICK, 27 British physician |
ALI, TAHIRIH's uncle and brother-in-law |
WOOL, merchant Babi, unpredictable |
WARDEN, rough Kurdish chief at Mah-Ku |
VOICE, 24 |
YOUTH, 18 executed with the Bab |
STREET, 12 Babi hero from Shiraz |
CONSTABLE, under Khan at Shiraz |
EYES, 20 imprisoned with Bab |
RUSSIAN, 20 "student" traveler |
BROWS, 22 early Babi |
FERRIER, French advisor and agent |
SA'IDU'L-ULAMA Islamic authority |
MUSTAFA KHAN led besiegers of Babis |
MUHAMMAD SHAH, 38 sickly monarch |
The casting, costume, make-up and hair concepts in these preliminary sketches were fun to do. We have a Sam Waterston WRIGHT, a Humphrey Bogart SHAYKH, a James Dean QUDDUS, a Marlin Brando VAHID, a Lee Marvin HUJJAT, an Anthony Perkins FARRANT, a Ringo Star NOSE, a Charles Manson WOOL, an Alfred Hitchcock CONSTABLE (you can't have a suspense thriller without a cameo by Alfred) and more! |
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