Polly Teale’s Mermaid was translated into Persian

Polly Teale (born December 1962) is a British theatre director and playwright best known for her work with the Shared Experience theatre company, of which she was an artistic director.

 

The play "Mermaid" is an adaptation of the short story "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen. In Hans Christian Andersen's story, mermaids live in the depths of the ocean free, and when they reach puberty, they swim to the surface to see the world above.

 

The mermaid leaves the ocean (which is like the Amniotic sac of the fetus in the mother's womb) behind and suddenly finds herself a different being in a vast world. From this moment on, there is no going back to the safe world. She looks at the world with all its beauty and violence, and at the same moment she falls in love with a mortal prince. She can no longer remember what it feels like to feel whole inside. For the first time in her life, she experiences having a dream and along with it, the feeling of loneliness comes to her. She must either live under the ocean, invisible from the world of people, or sacrifice her language and voice and beautiful song so that she can walk in the world above the ocean and win the Prince's love.

The play is published in 91 pages