Negotiating the Arts in Afghanistan

   
Summary

Negotiating the Arts in Afghanistan

Description

Corinne Jaber directed an extraordinary production of Shakespeare's early comedy, Love's Labor Lost, in Afghanistan in 2006. Jaber's production was the first Shakespeare play performed in Afghanistan since the Soviet invasion in 1979 and the later rise of the Taliban. Jaber also directed Sisters, by Fabrice Melquiot, in Kabul and Paris in 2008. Jaber's film and theatre credits also include The Mahabharata (1989), directed by Peter Brook; Shakespeare's Henry VIII, directed by Gregory Thompson, Royal Shakespeare Company; and Frozen, by Bryoney Lavery. She was awarded the Moliere Prize in 2001 for Une bete sur la lune.

Starts

4:00pm on Tuesday, March 8th 2011

URL

http://www.bu.edu/smscinst

Topics

Lectures

Speaker(s)

Corinne Jaber

Event Open To

public

Information Phone

617-358-4648

Contact Name

Michael Carroll

Building

GSU, 775 Commonwealth Ave.

Room

Terrace Lounge (2nd Floor)

Contact Email

mcarroll@bu.edu

Contact Organization

Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations

Show Who

yes

Show Contact

yes

Show Fees

free

 
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