Approaching toward a Dramatic Version of a Fairy Tale: Soltan-Mar Written by Bahram Beyzaei

From the very beginning of the history of theatre, so many playwrights have adopted myth, tale or a historical narration to create a play. Hardly can one propose a general formulized devise for dramatizing a story. However, it is possible to compare specific element in the story and the plot of the play to embodiment an example of devising a dramatizing a story. The case study of this research is Sultan Mar, a dramatic adoption of a fairy tale. First the plot of the play has been surveyed. It has been enlightened that the dramatist tended to develop a socio-political theme; therefore three sub-plots added till to introduce characters in harmony with play's theme. Then the playwright removed the magical aspects of events and characters to leave the wonder land of the fairy tale and step in real world. Finally he elaborated a complex and spinning plot presenting his key idea strongly.