first genuinely original plays published in an Iranian language were those of  Mirza Fath Ali Akhundzadeh  (1812-78), written in Azeri  Turkish and later translated into  Persian . Living in  Russia  and well-versed in Western theater, Akhundzadeh influenced Iranian playwright Mirza Aqa Tabrizi. During the  Iranian Constitutional Revolution  (1905-1911) new playwrights, such