Description
Book SynopsisThis is the first ever collection of plays by Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil; the first woman of Arab heritage to have a main-stage play at the RSC. It encompasses a decade's worth of plays exploring her Arab heritage, drawing on family histories as well as significant events in the Arab World. They were all written during a period that included the end of the war in Iraq, the intensification of the occupation of Palestine and the birth and disillusion of the so called Arab Spring. The plays included are set in both a historical and modern context. They include a feminist take on 1001 nights and the Scheherazade story; an exploration of Gertrude Bell, the Museum in Baghdad and Britain's role in the birth of the Iraq; plus two plays looking at the Palestinian experience, one based on a family living through the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the other an epic collage that moves in time from 1948 to present day. This anthology also includes a radio play set in Dubai
Trade ReviewAs a Palestinian-Irish dramatist, Khalil writes with feeling about homelessness, migration and a culture in which masculinity is equated with ownership * Michael Billington, Guardian *
This new work by Palestinian/Irish playwright Hannah Khalil confirms her as a dramatist of compelling potential * Telegraph (on Scenes from 73* Years) *
Table of Contents1. Foreword from Alia Al Zougbi 2. Introduction from Chris White
3. Plan D 4. Scenes from 73* Years 5. A Negotiation 6. Museum in Baghdad 7. Last of the Pearl Fishers 8. Hakawatis
