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Shakespeare in Kabul / Qais Akbar Omar, Stephen Landrigan.
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Author
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Date published
2012
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Publisher
London : Haus, 2012.
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Subject
Theater Afghanistan History 21st century
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Translations into Dari History and criticism.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Stage history Afghanistan Kabul.
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Accession number
83447350
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Class
Reading Room - 72.18/LAN
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ISBN
9781908323088 (pbk.), 1908323086 (pbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
ix, 230 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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Summary, etc: In 2005, a group of actors in Kabul performed Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost to cheers of Afghan audiences raves of foreign journalists. For the first time in years, men women had appeared on stage together. The authors capture the triumphs foibles of the actors as they extend their Afghan passion for poetry to Shakespeare's.