The
queen meets with her people and the caravans and tell them that they are
doing well in the war. They decide to leave to their homes.
Patricius and Leo start gathering information on the treasures and water
tanks but still nothing concrete. A messenger delivers to Patricius that
he must do something to enforce Petra to call a part of its army to the
kingdom because they are losing to the Petrans.
Petra, the princess, is kidnapped by the Romans. Leo and Patricius disagree
in the way to handle the kidnapping. Leo wants to return the girl and
leave as their mission has failed. Patricius refuses to think likewise
and orders him to take the girl out of the kingdom. An Egyptian who came
with the caravans overhears Patricius and Leo talking and tells the queen
about what he heard. The queen and her minister start a search for the
princess. The king sends to his minister to prepare an agreement which
will unite the kingdom and the freed territories as he and the princes
will soon to arrive. When asked about the queen and the princess, the
minister lies and doesn't say anything about the kidnapping.
Patricius meets with the queen and threatens if the king declares victory
the girl will die, but if he retreats from the freed territories the girl
will be set free. He also claims that the girl was taken out of the kingdom
and that he doesn't fear death, he wants death and it won't make a difference
because he's already given the order. The queen refuses the offer and
decline to sacrifice the freedom and blood of the martyrs for her daughter.
This cause Patricius to go insane and apparently kill himself. The king
returns and they declare victory.
Quick
Notes:
Petra is one of the, if not the most, successful plays ever. It played
for two years and was performed in more places than any other play. It's
also the last play Fairuz has performed yet, even though the Rahbani Brothers
wrote two more plays aside from the three others written by Mansour after
Assy died. The play sums up what the Rahbanis have stood for, freedom.
The play is divided to two CDs, with one track on each. The track listing
contains mistakes, especially in the length of the songs. The booklet
only contains a couple of pictures.
Credits:
Fairuz ... The Queen Shakila
Nasri Shamesiddin ... Ribal The Minister
Hoda ... Hala
Antoine Kerbaj ... Patricius
Andre Gadeon ... Leo
Reja Badr ... Saleh
Joesph Nassif ... The King
Written by the Rahbani Brothers except:
Musical Introduction by Ziad Rahbani.
Boukra Lama Byerjaou El Khayale, La Yisma'na ElLeil, Departure of the
Caravans and the Night Star, repartition by Elias Rahbani. The second
musical Introduction and Ya Bnaye Saghire music by Elias Rahbani
Album
Tracks:
Disc 1 47'30"
1. Musical Introduction 2'50" 
2. Anthem of Petra and Scene of King's departure to the war 6'32"
3. Boukra Lama Berhaou El Khayale 3'08"
4. Queen and Hala 1'05"
5. Queen and Ayach 30"
6. Hala and Ayach
7. Hala, Ayach and Saleh 2'40"
8. La Y'isma'na Hada 2'13"
9. Safar El Leil 7'18"
10. Queen and Leo
11. The Queen, The minister and Papyrus 2'43"
12. Ribal Chou El Akhbar
13. Bi'oulou Zghayar Baladi 4'53"
14. Dialogue Leo and Patricius 2'15"
15. Dialogue Leo, Patricius and Ayach 2'22"
16. Departure of the Caravans and the Night Star 5'45"
17. Ma Nam El Leil 2'55"
Disc 2 45'55"
1. Ala El Dar 1'15"
2. Patricius and Leo 1'15"
3. Patricius, Leo and the Prophet 1'15"
4. Patricius, Leo and Ayach 1'36"
5. Ghatat El Yamame 59"
6. Hala, Ayach and Saleh
7. Petra's Kidnapping 2'30"
8. Saghira Ou Ma Bta'aref 2'29"
9. Second Musical Introduction 2'07"
10. Malou Min Al Biyara May 2'08"
11. Ala Ain El May Ya Samra 3'10"
12. Patricius and Leo 2'13"
13. Ayach and Papyrus 1'10"
14. The Minister and Papyrus
15. The Queen and Papyrus 1'10"
16. Khodni Ya Habibi 3'23"
17. Ya Bnaye Saghire
18. Ba'ada El Kanadil 3'17"
19. The Minister and Hala
20. The Minister and the Officer 1'45"
21. The Queen and Patricius 5'13"
22. Ya Zahrat ElJounob 1'23"
23. Our King Has Come - End 5'59"
Total time 93'25" - VDLCD 561/562