HANNAH KHALIL
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Hannah Khalil
Alone with Lamia |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | A young couple living in London asserts they are British, but in fact Sam is Iraqi by descent and Chris American. When war breaks out in the Middle East Sam is compelled to go and become a translator. In his absence Chris becomes pregnant and develops a friendship with Sam's estranged father Jamal, learning about Sam's heritage through this man she has never met. But what will Sam do if he returns to find this man has usurped his role? | |||||
Leaving Home |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | An Iraqi man living in London needs to find the money for pioneering eye surgery for his young daughter. A Filipino maid working in the UAE returns home to have her illegitimate child, but realises she can't leave him and instead goes to Britain in the hope of being able to keep her baby. Through the interweaving of these two stories Leaving Home explores the experiences of immigrants trying to live in London. | |||||
Like the Phelans |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Three Irish sisters longing to return home, two love triangles, and a tragic accident all come together in Like the Phelans, which is set in modern-day Bristol and inspired by Chekhov's Three Sisters. | |||||
Ring |
| 1st Produced: | Soho Theatre (Westminster Prize reading) | 2001 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Ten Min | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
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| Notes: | Runner up in Soho Theatre's Westminster Prize | |||||
| Synopsis: | A ten minute short about a fleeting exchange between an old and young woman when the latter's car breaks down. | |||||
Stolen or Strayed |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Stolen or Strayed tells the story of Maria, a woman in her sixties who resides in a London nursing home. She is cared for by Peter, a nurse who has left his own mother in a similar position in his native Ireland. As the dementia she is suffering from takes over, the audience is given glimpses of Maria's past, through the lens of her slowly disintegrating mind. She remembers nursing her disabled daughter and her job washing clothes at a private boarding school where she developed a close friendship with a young Arab Prince. When the same Prince comes to find her all these years later is Maria dreaming? And what could he want from her after all this time? | |||||
Unofficial Guide, The |
| 1st Produced: | BAC/ Rose Bruford College | 2005 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | short play | - | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | A 20 minute play about a young woman who is dying of cancer. She wants to believe in God so climbs Mount Sinai in the hope she will find faith at the top. She does not, but instead meets a cynical Bedouin who helps her back down. This short play explores the gulf between racial stereotypes and reality through the gradual understanding of two people. | |||||