The Al-Hamlet Summit by Sulayman Al-Bassam
A re-working of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. The setting of this version is a modern Middle-Eastern state where old king has just died, to be replaced by his brother, a ruthless, westernised dictator. He marries the old king's wife to legitimise his rule and calls his regime a 'new democracy'.
"Al Bassam's astonishing text, which rarely echoes Shakespeare's words, takes the story of Hamlet and reworks it in a rich new poetic version, full of what sounds like Koranic and classical Arab imagerySome of the results are electrifying" -- Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman "Al-Hamlet is a superbly constructed dramatisation of a society's descent into fundamentalism and chaos" -- Sunday Herald
Sulayman Al-Bassam, (June 1, 1972), is a Kuwaiti playwright and theatre director, and founder of Zaoum theatre company (London 1996-2001) and its Arabic arm Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre Kuwait (2002). From The Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK to Peter Brook's legendary theatre in Paris, from Japan to the USA, the work of Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre has been celebrated across four continents by the world's most prestigious cultural powerhouses. Led by Kuwaiti writer & director Sulayman Al-Bassam and British producer Georgina Van Welie, working alongside artists from across the Arab World and Europe, the company is a celebration of cultural diversity in an age of extremes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781902806624 |
| ISBN 10 | 190280662X |
| Title | The Al-Hamlet Summit |
| Author | Sulayman Al Bassam |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Hertfordshire Press |
| Year published | 2007-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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