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JAWAD AL ASSADI |
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Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Jawad Al Assadi |
Baghdadi Bath | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Organisations: | La MaMa & Actors without Borders-ITONY | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95650 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Jawad Al Assadi | |||||
Synopsis: | La MaMa E.T.C., in association with Actors without Borders-ITONY, presents the U.S. premiere of Baghdadi Bath by Jawad al-Assadi, Iraq's best-known playwright and recipient of the Prince Claus Award for his dedication to freedom of cultural expression. Baghdadi Bath (in Arabic, Hammam Baghdadi) is set in a Turkish bath in Baghdad, where two bus drivers come to relax and talk about life in Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion. The play is somewhat Beckettian and a thoughtful portrayal of the everyday horror of surviving in a war zone. It presents the suffering of Iraqis engulfed in a country ravaged by violence, corruption and despair. The piece is directed by Zishan Ugurlu, the founding director of Actors without Borders-ITONY and a resident actor and director at La MaMa." Performances are in Arabic, with English subtitles projected via video. | |||||
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Corpse Of The President | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tristan Bates, London | 2005 | ||||
Organisations: | New Company, part of Broken Voices | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49552 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Short Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Jawad Al Assadi | |||||
Synopsis: | about an Iraqui woman who can't bury her father, a presidential candidate, on election night without submitting his corpse to the humiliation of being examined in all its orifices. The daughter eloquently explains why she can't tolerate this to an American woman soldier who turns out to be wearing earplugs. Finally the corpse wins the election. | |||||
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