With reference to your question whether the Figures of the
Báb and Bahá'u'lláh should be made to appear as characters in dramatic works
written by the believers, Shoghi Effendi's opinion is that such an attempt to
dramatize the Manifestations would be highly disrespectful, and hence should be
avoided by the friends, even in the case of the Master. Besides it would be
practically impossible to carry out such a plan faithfully, and in a dignified
and befitting manner. (Written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, January 27, 1935,
in Bahá'í News, #90, March 1935)
However, there can be no objection to symbolic
representation of such Holy Figures, provided it does not become a ritual and
that the symbol used is not irreverent. (Letter from the Universal House of Justice,
dated December 3, 1972; Developing Distinctive Baha’i Communities, NSA of USA,
1998 edition)
