by John Spurling. The first in a short season, entitled
Terrible Tyrants, featuring dramas about despotism. The mother of all battles has begun. In a bunker under Baghdad, the president's beautiful mistress soothes him with stories of a legendary
Arabian Nights caliph and the poet who denounced his regime. The story seems to reflect glory on the ruthless president, but will he survive this latest threat?
Director Richard Wortley IRpt)