Lady Nij (Nij dono) is the protagonist of the autobiographical narrative Towazugatari (An Unasked-for Tale, 1307-1313), which describes her life from the ages of fourteen to forty-nine. Through skillfully combining elements of genres such as the...
Lady Nijo is a historical figure from the 13th century. At the age of 14, she was given by her father to Gofukakusa, the Emperor of Japan, to become his consort. Later, she was expelled from the Emperor's court and became a traveling Buddhist nun. Lady...
A cerebral version of The Women, with a guest list from hell THE LADIES By Anne Washburn Dixon Place at Chashama 111 West 42nd Street 212.219.0736 FEMALE TROUBLE Anyone reading the dramatis personae of Anne Washburn's The Ladies might expect a bitchiest...
(BANO0) (DRAMA -- IRANIAN) A Sahara Cultural-Film Institute/AMA production. (International sales: Mohammad Atebbai, Tehran.) Produced by Majid Modarresi, M.M. Dadgoo. Directed, written by Dariush Mehrjui. Camera (color), Touraj Mansouri; editor, Hassan Hassandoost; music, Nasser Cheshm-Azar; production designer, Faryar Javaherian; costume designer,...
