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Scenes from 68* Years

by Hannah Khalil ...

Series series Modern Plays
*What are we doing then? Come on, lets go – all of us, lets tell everyone in the street, its too late we've lost, all the years of hardship, being murdered, imprisoned, having your homes taken, your jobs, your fields, your olives, your ability to move from one place to another – everything you have endured has been for nothing. They'vewon. So let's just leave it to them, disappear. It's what they ... Read more

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*What are we doing then? Come on, lets go – all of us, lets tell everyone in the street, its too late we've lost, all the years of hardship, being murdered, imprisoned, having your homes taken, your jobs, your fields, your olives, your ability to move from one place to another – everything you have endured has been for nothing. They'vewon. So let's just leave it to them, disappear. It's what they
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Sykes-Picot: The Legacy

Five Modern Plays

by Hannah Khalil, Hassan Abdulrazzak, Joshua Hinds ...

The genesis of this collection of short plays was an event entitled Gather for Gaza organised by Arts Canteen in Walthamstow, London, in 2014.Among the items presented was a profoundly moving and disturbing performance of Hassan Abdulrazzak’s play The Tune is Always Better on the Outside and it became apparent in discussion with directors, actors, and playwrights that there is a growing body of ... Read more

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The genesis of this collection of short plays was an event entitled Gather for Gaza organised by Arts Canteen in Walthamstow, London, in 2014.Among the items presented was a profoundly moving and disturbing performance of Hassan Abdulrazzak’s play The Tune is Always Better on the Outside and it became apparent in discussion with directors, actors, and playwrights that there is a growing body of
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Love Omar

by Hannah Khalil ...

Series series Modern Plays
They're coming to see whether or not I can REALLY act. Hoping I can't - knives out.One hour until curtain up, and Omar Sharif isn't happy. The show went well last night, but he feels aggrieved that he was upstaged by his fellow actor. He puts on his makeup and longs for a little moment of peace. But that isn't easy when he has to share a dressing room. It's more than Omar can endure – he is the ... Read more

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They're coming to see whether or not I can REALLY act. Hoping I can't - knives out.One hour until curtain up, and Omar Sharif isn't happy. The show went well last night, but he feels aggrieved that he was upstaged by his fellow actor. He puts on his makeup and longs for a little moment of peace. But that isn't easy when he has to share a dressing room. It's more than Omar can endure – he is the
... Read more
My English Persian Kitchen

by Hannah Khalil ...

Series series Modern Plays
Shortlisted for the Popcorn Writing Award 2024Every time I've tried to make this dish there's been something missing. It hasn't been quite right. But now I think I know what it is. The missing piece. I'm almost sure. Today is the day. I'll get this recipe right. I have to. For them.What would you take if you were forced to leave home with no hope of returning? How would you make a fresh start ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Popcorn Writing Award 2024Every time I've tried to make this dish there's been something missing. It hasn't been quite right. But now I think I know what it is. The missing piece. I'm almost sure. Today is the day. I'll get this recipe right. I have to. For them.What would you take if you were forced to leave home with no hope of returning? How would you make a fresh start
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Hannah Khalil: Plays of Arabic Heritage

Plan D; Scenes from 73* Years; A Negotiation; A Museum in Baghdad; Last of the Pearl Fishers; Hakawatis

by Hannah Khalil ...

Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
This 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 ... Read more

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This 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
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HAKAWATIS

Women of the Arabian Nights

by Hannah Khalil ...

Series series Modern Plays
Hakawati Noun: Storyteller. From the Arabic terms 'hekaye' meaning story and 'haki' meaning to talk.A tyrant revenges his wife's infidelity by wedding, bedding and beheading a new bride every day. Years later, only five brides-in-waiting remain.These women are unapologetic, and united in their fight to keep themselves – and the whole of womankind – alive. They've got other ideas for their future, ... Read more

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Hakawati Noun: Storyteller. From the Arabic terms 'hekaye' meaning story and 'haki' meaning to talk.A tyrant revenges his wife's infidelity by wedding, bedding and beheading a new bride every day. Years later, only five brides-in-waiting remain.These women are unapologetic, and united in their fight to keep themselves – and the whole of womankind – alive. They've got other ideas for their future,
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The Fir Tree

by Hannah Khalil ...

Series series Plays for Young People
I want to know what the other trees knowGo where the other trees goWhere do they go?Writer Hannah Khalil collaborates with Shakespeare's Globe in London in this magical re-imagining and re-wilding of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale The Fir Tree.Written for just four actors this inventive and dynamic adaptation harnesses all of the joy of the Christmas season and reminds us that we can ... Read more

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I want to know what the other trees knowGo where the other trees goWhere do they go?Writer Hannah Khalil collaborates with Shakespeare's Globe in London in this magical re-imagining and re-wilding of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale The Fir Tree.Written for just four actors this inventive and dynamic adaptation harnesses all of the joy of the Christmas season and reminds us that we can
... Read more
A Museum in Baghdad

by Hannah Khalil ...

Series series Modern Plays
This is about my responsibility. Doing what is right. Being where I'm needed. I've started a job and I must finish it. I owe it to the people of Iraq.In 1926, the nation of Iraq is in its infancy, and British archaeologist Gertrude Bell is founding a museum in Baghdad. In 2006, Ghalia Hussein is attempting to reopen the museum after looting during the war.Decades apart, these two women share the ... Read more

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This is about my responsibility. Doing what is right. Being where I'm needed. I've started a job and I must finish it. I owe it to the people of Iraq.In 1926, the nation of Iraq is in its infancy, and British archaeologist Gertrude Bell is founding a museum in Baghdad. In 2006, Ghalia Hussein is attempting to reopen the museum after looting during the war.Decades apart, these two women share the
... Read more
Sleepwalking

by Hannah Khalil ...

Series series Modern Plays
I'm his mother. A mother knows things - feels them. When her child isn't well. Isn't happy.The kitchen of a suburban house. A mother and daughter raise a child in the most normal way possible following the departure of a family member.Tensions rise as the pair skirt around issues that underpin their co-dependency, proving that what goes on inside a relationship is never clear to the people outside ... Read more

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I'm his mother. A mother knows things - feels them. When her child isn't well. Isn't happy.The kitchen of a suburban house. A mother and daughter raise a child in the most normal way possible following the departure of a family member.Tensions rise as the pair skirt around issues that underpin their co-dependency, proving that what goes on inside a relationship is never clear to the people outside
... Read more
The Scar Test

by Hannah Khalil ...

Series series Modern Plays
I haven't hurt anyone, killed, raped, murdered - I just ran away - came here to be safe. But I'm locked up. I just - I can't believe this is England.They have run away from unimaginable horrors looking only for safety. But, imprisoned together at Yarl's Wood Dentention Centre, these women are stuck in a limbo that offers them exactly the opposite.Based on verbatim interviews from current and ... Read more

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I haven't hurt anyone, killed, raped, murdered - I just ran away - came here to be safe. But I'm locked up. I just - I can't believe this is England.They have run away from unimaginable horrors looking only for safety. But, imprisoned together at Yarl's Wood Dentention Centre, these women are stuck in a limbo that offers them exactly the opposite.Based on verbatim interviews from current and
... Read more
The Wood of Words

In Every Leaf

by Hannah Khalil, Chris White ...

Series series Plays for Young People
Friendship makes us fresh.And doth beget new courage in our breasts.A new play for young people and schools, created from Shakespeare's works.In this wood of words, a band of newcomers arrive to witness banishments, storms, unhappy endings, reunions, and murder most foul... and try to make sense of it all. This unique and thoughtful adaptation for young performers of several of Shakespeare's works ... Read more

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Friendship makes us fresh.And doth beget new courage in our breasts.A new play for young people and schools, created from Shakespeare's works.In this wood of words, a band of newcomers arrive to witness banishments, storms, unhappy endings, reunions, and murder most foul... and try to make sense of it all. This unique and thoughtful adaptation for young performers of several of Shakespeare's works
... Read more
The Life of King Henry VIII: All is True

by Hannah Khalil, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher ...

Series series Modern Plays
'Who knows yetBut from this Lady may proceed a gemTo lighten all this isle'You know the story: a King who turns his country upside down to try and secure a male heir. But it's never been told this way before.A Queen fights for justice. A Lady provokes reformation. But in the absence of a son, cana Princess change the future?See the story of Henry VIII from a female perspective: this exploration of ... Read more

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'Who knows yetBut from this Lady may proceed a gemTo lighten all this isle'You know the story: a King who turns his country upside down to try and secure a male heir. But it's never been told this way before.A Queen fights for justice. A Lady provokes reformation. But in the absence of a son, cana Princess change the future?See the story of Henry VIII from a female perspective: this exploration of
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