Forget Hamlet / Ophelia’s Window Ophelia's Window was performed in 2020 in Baghdad, Iraq and directed by Monadhil Daood, who…Margaret LitvinMarch 24, 2021
Shakespeare in Yemen In a land ravaged by strife and violence, actors and poets search for hope and…Margaret LitvinDecember 6, 2018
Merchant of Venice in Yemen (The Lamp Will Keep You Company) This Yemeni adaptation of The Merchant of Venice was performed in November 2012 at the Cultural Center…Margaret LitvinMarch 27, 2018
Ᾱh Min Ḥawā’ (Beware of Eve) This Egyptian cinematic production is an artistic re-creation of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, placing it…Margaret LitvinMarch 26, 2015
King Lear This production of King Lear was performed at the National Theatre of Egypt in 2002 and…Margaret LitvinMarch 26, 2015
Richard II Performed in Palestinian Arabic by the Ashtar Theatre (with scene description in English). As Bolingbroke…Margaret LitvinSeptember 3, 2013
Someone Is Sleeping in My Pain: An East-West Macbeth This 2002 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth is directed by German poet and director Michael…Alexa Alice JoubinJune 17, 2013
Richard III: An Arab Tragedy An adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III set in an unnamed Gulf state. The production, part…Margaret LitvinJune 2, 2013
The Speaker’s Progress (Twelfth Night) The Speaker’s Progress uses Twelfth Night as a starting point to explore events in the…Margaret LitvinMarch 20, 2013
The Al-Hamlet Summit A crumbling Arab dictatorship (a collage of real states) convenes a government conference amid car…Margaret LitvinMarch 20, 2013
I Am Hamlet This 2009 production of I Am Hamlet was directed by Hani Afifi and stars Mohamad…Margaret LitvinJune 15, 2012
A Theatre Company Found a Theatre and Theatred Hamlet In this 1984 musical comedy, produced for the Festival of Portable Theatre in Rabat, an…Margaret LitvinJuly 1, 2011
Doditello Produced in Cairo in April, 2001, Doditello presents a campy Othello-quoting version of the relationship…Margaret LitvinJuly 1, 2011
About Othello: Or Who’s Afraid of William Shakespeare: A Collage of Various Shakespearean Texts About Othello or Who's Afraid of William Shakespeare? Mise en scène : Ahmed el Attar…Margaret LitvinJuly 1, 2011
Hamlet Staged in 1971, 1975, 1976-7 Author: Shakespeare (adapted by Mohamed Sobhi (Muhammad Ṣubḥī) from three…Margaret LitvinJuly 1, 2011
Hamlet Wakes Up Late The drunkard theatre-director Prince Hamlet awakens too late to the political implications of his father’s…Margaret LitvinFebruary 2, 2011
The Dance of the Scorpions Published 1988, performed 1989 and 1991 Author: Maḥmūd Abū Dūma (Egyptian) Synopsis: Claudius conspires with…Margaret LitvinFebruary 2, 2011
Ismail / Hamlet In this monodrama with only a negative allusive relationship to Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ismail’s mother is…Margaret LitvinFebruary 2, 2011