The play was composed in 1962-1963 and first published in Tehran early in 1963 by the playwright in a volume along with another play of his named Matarsak-ha dar Shab (i.e.
Gisèle Kapuscinski's English translation was published in 1987,[REF] soon to be followed by another translation into English by M. R. Ghanoonparvar and John Green in 1989,[REF] both in the United States.