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WAJDI MOUAWAD (1968 - ) |
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Nationality: Lebonese Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Born in Lebanon in 1968, Wajdi Mouawad fled the war-torn country with his family; they lived in Paris for a few years, then settled in Montreal. After graduating from the National Theatre School in 1991, he embarked on a quadruple career as an actor, writer, director and producer. In 2002, the French government named Wajdi Mouawad a Chevalier de lOrdre National des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of his lifetime artistic contribution. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honours for his writing. Mouawad is a totally original voice in Quebecois theatre, spanning the cultural gaps between his native Lebanon, North America and Quebec.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Wajdi Mouawad
Alphonse | ||
| 1st Produced: | DuMaurier Theatre Toronto, Canada | 2001 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Alone On Stage: Solo Plays For Men" Playwrights Canada Press (April 1, 2007) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0887548789 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102134 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Wajdi Mouawad | |||||
| Alphonse has disappeared and everyone is searching for him: his partners, his friends, his teachers, the police. . . meanwhile Alphonse is walking along a country road inventing the extraordinary adventure of Pierre-Paul-Rene, a gentle boy with a one-note voice who is never surprised by anything. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bomb In The Heart | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 0 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada Press 2012 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1770911031 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #169970 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Wajdi Mouawad | |||||
| A young man travels by bus in a snowstorm to be at the hospital bed of his dying mother | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dreams | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada Press | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0887548703 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #143678 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Wajdi Mouawad | |||||
| A young man in an hotel spending a sleepless night making notes for a novel. His characters come to life | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Scorched | ||
| 1st Produced: | Taragon Theatre, Toronto | 2007 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0887547607 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98076 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Wajdi Mouawad | |||||
| Making their way through the dunes are Nawal's twin children, Janine and Simon, who want to solve the mystery of their origins. In retracing the bitter history of their mother (enveloped in silence until her death), other characters come into the storywitnesses or key players able to assist in the investigation. Carried aloft by poetic language, the inquiry pursued by Janine and Simon unfolds in a dreamlike atmosphere that cultivates the mystery surrounding a knife thrust into the heart of childhood. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Scorched | ||
| 1st Produced: | Old Vic Tunnels, London | 16 Sep 2010 | ||||
Organisations: | Dialogue Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #119197 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Wajdi Mouawad | |||||
Synopsis: | The story centres on twins a brother Simon and sister Janine who are summoned to the office of a notary to hear the last will and testament of their mother, Nawal. They are both handed a letter written by their mother; one is to be delivered to their brother and one to their father. And the mystery begins - both thought their father was dead and never knew of a brother. The letters send them plunging into their mother's past to a Middle Eastern country engulfed in a brutal civil war where she was a political activist and later became a prisoner. Following their mother's life story, the twins take on the challenge to confront their war-shaken family history. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shore | ||
| 1st Produced: | 22 Mar 2011 | |||||
Organisations: | Arcadia Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #126412 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Wajdi Mouawad | |||||
Synopsis: | Wilfrid learns of his father's death while making love to a girl whose name he can't remember. Coached by a speaking corpse and an imaginary medieval knight, Wilfrid returns to his fathers wartorn homeland to find the body a final resting place. | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume XXXI Issue 06 Page 312 | |||||
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Tideline | ||
| 1st Produced: | Factory Theatre, Toronto | 2005 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada Press 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0887549878 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #71054 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Wajdi Mouawad | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wedding Day at the Cro-Magnons' | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840028485 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #25046 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Wajdi Mouawad | |||||
| A Lebanese family are preparing for their daughter's wedding. there are problems, however; the bride-to-be is narcoleptic; her elder brother is missing, presumed dead; her Father has had to bring the wedding feast's main course home alive; the bridegroom is conspicuously absent; and a storm has swept in. Adding to the constant threat of sniper fire, a bombing raid has begun. Lebanese playwright Wajdi Mouawad has tried to construct an 'anarchic comedy set in a war zone', presumably to reflect the farcical humour to be found in the horror of conflict. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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