Khalil, Hannah
A Museum in Baghdad (Modern Plays)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781350150805
- author:
- Khalil, Hannah
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Methuen Drama
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 112
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 centimetres (0.10 kg
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Drama, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Gertrude Bell's epic new play tells the story of two women who share a common goal: to create a fresh sense of unity and nationhood through their work. In 1926, British archaeologist Gertrude Bell is founding a museum in Baghdad, while in 2006, Ghalia Hussein is attempting to reopen it after looting during the war. Decades apart, these two women are driven by a desire to make the world anew through their museum and its treasures. But in unstable times, questions remain: who is the museum for? Whose culture are we preserving? And why does it matter when people are dying? This edition of Hannah Khalil's play was published to coincide with the world premiere at The Other Place in 2019.
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