With reference to your question whether the figures of the
Báb and Bahá’u’lláh should be made to appear as characters in dramatic works
written by the believers, Shoghi Effendi’s opinion is that such an attempt to
dramatize the Manifestations would be highly disrespectful, and hence should be
avoided by the friends, even in the case of the Master. Besides it would be
practically impossible to carry out such a plan faithfully, and in a dignified
and befitting manner.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 27 January 1935 written on behalf of
Shoghi Effendi to the NSA of the United States and Canada; Baha’i News, no. 90,
March 1935)
