Abu Hassan

About the show

Heavily in debt, Abu Hassan persuades his wife Fatime to tell the Caliph’s wife that he has died so she can collect money and gifts. Hassan then tries to obtain money from the Caliph using a similar story about Fatime. After both separately feign death, the Caliph offers a reward to learn who died first. Hassan and Fatime revive, ask pardon, and are forgiven; the creditor Omar is sent away.