Goats
Published on 23. November 2017
160 pages
978-1-78001-997-0 (ISBN)
Description
In a small town in Syria, soldiers are celebrated as heroes and grieving families are nourished on propaganda.
As coffins pile up, a local party leader decides on a radical compensation scheme: a goat for each son martyred.
Goats is a major new work by Syrian playwright and documentary film-maker Liwaa Yazj, translated by Katharine Halls.
Developed as part of the Royal Court International Department's long-term project with writers from Syria and Lebanon, the play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, on 24 November 2017, in a production directed by Hamish Pirie.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,57 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78001-997-0 (9781780019970)
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Liwaa Yazji is a Syrian playwright, filmmaker, screenwriter and poet. She was born in Moscow and grew up in Damascus. Her plays include Goats (Royal Court, 2017). She has published a volume of poetry, Peacefully We Leave Home, and was resident poet at Poets House, New York, in 2015 where her book Three Poems was published in English.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Original Production
- Acknowledgements
- Characters
- Note on Play
- Goats
- Scene One - Funeral
- Scene Two - Alone
- Scene Three - Meeting
- Scene Four - Who is he?
- Scene Five - Confrontation
- Scene Six - Nightmares
- Scene Seven - Everything is all right
- Scene Eight - Blood
- Scene Nine - Morgue
- Scene Ten - Cemetery
- Scene Eleven - Run away
- Scene Twelve - Gesture
- Scene Thirteen - Hero
- Scene Fourteen - Killer
- Scene Fifteen - Burning coals
- Scene Sixteen - Game
- Scene Seventeen - Lesson
- Scene Eighteen - Nature
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information
