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LAILA SOLIMAN (1981 - ) |
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Nationality: Egyptian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Laila Soliman is an independent Egyptian theatre director and playwright, living and working in Cairo. She graduated from the American University in Cairo in 2004 with a degree in Theatre and Arabic Literature and in 2010 she wrote and directed the first Arabic adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening, staged in Egypt.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Laila Soliman
Egyptian Products | ||
| 1st Produced: | rehearsed reading Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS >>> | 2008 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in Plays from the Arab World, Nick Hern Books, London (2010) >>> | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848420977 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117506 | |||
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Genre: | translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1-2 | Female | 2-3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Laila Soliman | |||||
| Hadia is an independent woman in Cairo. Gasir is a painfully awkward lab assistant with attachment issues over his dead mother. Is he really her knight in shining armour? | |||||
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No Desert Roses | ||
| 1st Produced: | Traverse Breakfast Plays, Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Aug 2015 | ||||
Organisations: | Traverse Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #181634 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | piece | |||||
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Synopsis: | An unflinching examination of what it is to be a woman in the Arab world today | |||||
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No Time for Art 0 + 1 | ||
| 1st Produced: | 04 May 2012 | |||||
Organisations: | part of National Theatre of Scotland's One Day in Spring Season | |||||
| 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 | #140736 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Laila Soliman. Translated by Weam El Tamani and Mataz Atallah | |||||
Synopsis: | Combining the sincerity of a personal testimony with the drama of scripted dialogue, theater director Laila Solimans latest play No Time for Art successfully sheds light on the taboo topic of human rights violations by Egypts ruling military. No Time for Art is centered on the testimony of Egyptian actor Aly Sobhy, who was detained by military police on 9 March 2011, tortured and released a few days later under public pressure. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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No Time for Art 0 + 1 | ||
| 1st Produced: | 04 May 2012 | |||||
Organisations: | part of National Theatre of Scotland's One Day in Spring Season | |||||
| 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 | #140737 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Laila Soliman. Translated by Weam El Tamani and Mataz Atallah | |||||
Synopsis: | Combining the sincerity of a personal testimony with the drama of scripted dialogue, theater director Laila Solimans latest play No Time for Art successfully sheds light on the taboo topic of human rights violations by Egypts ruling military. No Time for Art is centered on the testimony of Egyptian actor Aly Sobhy, who was detained by military police on 9 March 2011, tortured and released a few days later under public pressure. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Voluntary Work | ||
| 1st Produced: | Royal Court Theatre, Theatre Upstairs, Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS >>> | 11 Aug 2011 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129965 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Laila Soliman. Presented as part of After the Spring: New Short Plays from the Arab World | |||||
Synopsis: | Some of the Arab World's most exciting theatre voices respond to an extraordinary time in the region's history through specially commissioned short plays in translation. | |||||
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