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HAKAWATIS: Women of the Arabian Nights
Hakawati 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, and it starts with a story...
This fearless new play, a co-production with Tamasha, is written by Globe Resident Writer Hannah Khalil. This edition is published to coincide with the world premiere at the Globe Theatre, London, in December 2022.
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, and it starts with a story...
This fearless new play, a co-production with Tamasha, is written by Globe Resident Writer Hannah Khalil. This edition is published to coincide with the world premiere at the Globe Theatre, London, in December 2022.
80 pages, Paperback
Published January 12, 2023
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January 24, 2023
(after seeing it at the Globe/Sam Wanamaker theatre)
"every time I tell a story the chaos of the world stops. The mindless violence and unforgiving randomness, the torturous knife edge disappears. I am in control. Just for a few minutes. And everything makes sense. It's safe.
[...]Sometimes stories can be scary. They can be bloody. Gruesome. They can get out of hand.
[...] That's the power of the Hakawati to decide what happens. How it ends."
"every time I tell a story the chaos of the world stops. The mindless violence and unforgiving randomness, the torturous knife edge disappears. I am in control. Just for a few minutes. And everything makes sense. It's safe.
[...]Sometimes stories can be scary. They can be bloody. Gruesome. They can get out of hand.
[...] That's the power of the Hakawati to decide what happens. How it ends."
February 8, 2023
another uni read that was near impossible to find a copy of… i liked it a lot but i don’t know the source material which i think would’ve made the experience more enlightening. i love the way it explores stories being passed on though!
January 4, 2023
attended a performance at shakespeare’s globe in london
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