(+) Arabia sitiens (Mahomet and His Heaven / 1601 Percy), play
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Arabia sitiens / Arabia Thirsty (aka Mahomet and His Heaven) (1601) is a play by William Percy.
Abstract
Percy's drama is not only the first early modern play purportedly based upon the Qur'an, but it is also the first to place the Prophet Muhammad on the stage. The Prophet is the central character, presiding over an apocalyptic drought to chastise the sins of mankind. The play takes place in around the mosques of Medina and the action mirrors early Christian 'quotations' of the Qur'an, at a time when the Islamic holy text was available in England only in the Latin translation by Theodor Bibliander.
Editions
Critical edition: William Percy's Mahomet and His Heaven (2006 Dimmock), book