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Among the plays of Rezā Kamāl, three works, Shab-e Hezār-o Yekom, Abāseh Khāhar-e Amir and Aziz-o Azizeh, are known as his adaptations of One Thousand and One Nights stories. These works aim to introduce a new appraoch to thetrical expression by utilizing the potentialities of the orginal texts. The present study reads Kamāl’s adaptations of One Thousand and One Nights stories in the light of Linda Hutcheon’s adaptation theory in order to show the extend to which his plays provide theatrical affordances in the dramatic texts. As a result, the study shows how far these adaptations have succeeded in articulating the requirements of the stage while being in conversation with the original text.