Learning on ScreenSpeaker’s Progress, The
- Synopsis
- Video recording of the play by Suleyman Al-Bassam. . In a totalitarian state somewhere in the Arab World, all forms of theatre have been banned, but a condemned 1960’s classic play has become the focal point for resistance blogs and underground, dissident Twitter movements. The Speaker’s Progress uses Twelfth Night as a starting point to explore events in the Middle East, transforming Shakespeare’s comedy into a satire on the decades of political inertia that have fed recent revolts across the Arab region and a daring theatrical metaphor for the mechanisms of dissent.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- Oct 2011
- Duration
- 90 mins
Credits
- Director
- Sulayman al-Bassam
- Writer
- Sulayman al-Bassam
- Music
- Marcus Doshi
- Production Design
- Sam Collins
- Costume
- Abdulla al Awadi
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Paramount Mainstage, Emerson College, Boston, MA.
- Theatre company
- Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre (SABABP )
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Twelfth Night
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Arabia; politics; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Arab Spring
Notes
- Notes
- Streamed at http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu/the-speakers-progress-al-bassam-sulayman-2011 (accessed 8/2013). Performed in English and Arabic with English surtitles.
- Reviews
- The entry on Globaslshakespeares.mit.edu has links to articles on the play.
Archive
- Name
globalshakespeares.mit.edu
- globalshax-www@mit.edu
- Web
- http://globalshakespeares.mit.edu External site opens in new window
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