Globe to Globe: Richard II (2012)
Performed in Palestinian Arabic with English subtitles. Ashtar theatre company present Richard II, Shakespeare's great masterpiece of dislocation.
'Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs.'
Part of the 2012 Globe to Globe Festival.
Ashtar is a dynamic Palestinian theatre company with a global perspective, founded in Jerusalem in 1991. In 2010 the group performed The Gaza Monologues, a series of stories told by the young people of Gaza - an unprecedented theatrical project involving thousands of people and 44 theatre groups from around the world. This vital theatre brings their direct storytelling style to Shakespeare's great masterpiece of dislocation.
Cast
Duchess of Gloucester & Gardner’s wife:
Iman Aoun
Green & Gardener:
Raed Ayasa
Ross:
Mohammad Eid
Aumerle :
Firas Farah
Percy:
Iyad Hurani
Duke of Gloucester & Duke of York :
George Ibrahim
Bagot:
Amer Khalil
King Richard II:
Sami Metwasi
Northumberland :
Edward Muallem
John of Gaunt :
Hussein Nakhleh
Queen :
Bayan Shbib
Mowbray, Welsh Captain & Guard :
Ihab Zahdeh
Henry Bolingbroke :
Nicola Zreineh
Creatives
Music Excerpts:
Majaz Album
Trio Jubran
Translated by:
Iman Aoun
Bayan Shbib
Director:
Conall Morrison
Directed for the Screen:
Ian Russell
Designer :
Rajha Shakiry