En route he had been recaptured but jumped a prison-train and made his way via Merv, Northern Afghanistan and Meshed to Tabriz.
There was further action at Kaka, Turkmenistan on 28 August, 11 and 18 September, which saw a minor success for the British, encouraging the Transcaspian and British leadership in Meshed.
Critic Richard Ouzounian believes this production served as a foundation for Monette's career as a director, calling it "a joyous romp in which the Fellinesque setting of Rome in the 1950s meshed marvelously with Shakespeare's text and the performances of Goldie Semple and Colm Feore".