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'''''Cry Havoc''''' is a 2002 play by American playwright Tom Coach.
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'''''Cry Havoc''''' is a 2002 play by American playwright Tom Coash.
  
 
== Subject ==
 
== Subject ==
'''''Cry Havoc''''' is set in Cairo (where the playwright spent four years teaching playwriting at the American University) in the early years of the 21st century - it explores the troubled relationship between the western world and the Islamic Middle East. The storyline focuses on the dissolution of the loving relationship between British expatriate writer, Nicholas Field and his young Egyptian lover, Mohammed Al-Masri.
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'''''Cry Havoc''''' is set in Cairo (where the playwright spent four years teaching playwriting at the American University) in the early years of the 21st century - it explores the troubled relationship between the western world and the Islamic Middle East. The storyline focuses on the dissolution of the gay loving relationship between British expatriate writer, Nicholas Field and his young Egyptian lover, Mohammed Al-Masri.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
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2013: Staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]], directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], with [[Cameron Robertson]] (Mohammed Al-Masri), [[David Viviers]] (Nicholas Field) and [[Anthea Thompson]] (Ms Nevers).
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
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[[The Rosebank Theatre]] website [https://rosebanktheatre.com/].
 
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 07:41, 21 April 2016

Cry Havoc is a 2002 play by American playwright Tom Coash.

Subject

Cry Havoc is set in Cairo (where the playwright spent four years teaching playwriting at the American University) in the early years of the 21st century - it explores the troubled relationship between the western world and the Islamic Middle East. The storyline focuses on the dissolution of the gay loving relationship between British expatriate writer, Nicholas Field and his young Egyptian lover, Mohammed Al-Masri.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2013: Staged at the Grahamstown Festival, directed by Roy Sargeant, with Cameron Robertson (Mohammed Al-Masri), David Viviers (Nicholas Field) and Anthea Thompson (Ms Nevers).

Sources

The Rosebank Theatre website [1].

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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