Description
Set in Iraq during the lockdown of 2020, a group of students share their experiences of having to learn about Shakespeare’s Hamlet electronically rather than face-to-face in class.
“The short play has a dream-like quality of existential crisis.
The students seem as confused and bewildered by their unchartered circumstances as poor Hamlet feels in the State of Denmark.”
Emma Lucia Hands, A Theatre Director of Drama Studio London
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No of Actors: 2M 3F 6+ either
Performance Length: 30 minutes
Performance Licence Fee: £15.00
No of scripts required: 10
About Majeed Mohammed Midhin
Majeed Mohammed Midhin is a Professor in Literature and Contemporary British Drama at the University of Anbar, IRAQ. Previously, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of East Anglia (UK). In 2017, he obtained a PhD in Literature from the University of Essex under the supervision of Dr Clare Finburgh and Dr Elizabeth J. Kuti. He also has an MA in English Literature from the University of Baghdad’s College of Languages. His primary field of interest is modern and contemporary British drama as it affects the immediate needs of people in society. He has published widely on British theatre and Shakespearean drama, and has participated in many colloquiums, conferences, and seminars in and beyond the UK. Recently, his writings about Iraqi theatre acquired an international taste as his articles about some modern Iraqi plays won international prizes. His article entitled “National Cultural History and Transnational Political Concerns in Rasha Fadhil’s ‘Ishtar in Baghdad’” was awarded the best article in 2022 by The Janovics Center Award for Outstanding Humanities Research in Trans-national Film and Theatre Studies, Romania.
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